Effect of Guided Imagery on social anxiety among adolescents at a selected school, Coimbatore

Revathi, M (2016) Effect of Guided Imagery on social anxiety among adolescents at a selected school, Coimbatore. Masters thesis, College of Nursing, Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Paramedical Sciences, Coimbatore.

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Abstract

The developmental phenomenon during adolescence brings a number of changes in the physical, hormonal and social condition along with increased anxiety. The main aim of the study was to assess the effect of guided imagery on social anxiety among adolescents. The research design in this study was one group pretest posttest, pre experimental design. Using proportionate stratified random sampling, a total of 60 adolescents were selected from 6th, 7th and 8th standards (20 each). Social Anxiety was measured by a structured questionnaire before the intervention. Following that, Guided Imagery was administered for 15-20 minutes, three times a week for 4 consecutive weeks. At the end of the fourth week posttest was done to assess the level of Social Anxiety using the same questionnaire. The mean scores of the level of social anxiety before and after Guided Imagery was 34.6 and 5.2 with a standard deviation of 5.70 and 2.74 respectively. The mean difference of pre and posttest scores was 29.4. Paired‘t’ test was used to find out the effect of guided imagery on social anxiety among adolescent. The calculated ‘t’ value (37.64) was greater than the table value, at 0.001 level of significance. Hence it was concluded that, Guided Imagery was found effective in reducing Social Anxiety among adolescents in this study.

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Additional Information: (Reg.No.301415052)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Guided Imagery ; social anxiety ; adolescents ; selected school ; Coimbatore.
Subjects: NURSING > Paediatric Nursing
Depositing User: Subramani R
Date Deposited: 05 Nov 2018 19:48
Last Modified: 05 Nov 2018 19:48
URI: http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/10075

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