Priya, S George (2019) Effectiveness of Laughter Therapy on Reducing the Level of Stress among Adolescents Studying in Selected Schools at Tirunelveli District. Masters thesis, Sri K Ramachandran Naidu College of Nursing, Thirunelveli.
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Abstract
“A Study to assess the effectiveness of laughter therapy on reducing the level of stress among adolescents studying in selected schools at Tirunelveli District” was done by Ms. Priya S.George as a partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Science in Nursing at Sri K.Ramachandran Naidu college of nursing, Tirunelveli under the Tamil Nadu Dr.M.G.R Medical university, Chennai during the year of October 2019. OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the pre test and post test level of stress among adolescents in experimental group and control group. 2. To find out the effectiveness of laughter therapy on the level of stress among adolescents in experimental group. 3. To compare the pre test and post test level of stress among adolescents in experimental group and control group. 4. To associate the post test level of stress among adolescents in experimental group and control group with their selected demographic variables like age, gender, education, religion, area of living, dietary pattern, hobbies, type of family, birth order, number of siblings, number of friends, education of father, education of mother, occupation of father, occupation of mother, family monthly income and status of parents. HYPOTHESES: All hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level • RH1-The mean post test level of stress among adolescents in experimental group will be significantly lower than the mean post test level of stress in the control group. • RH2-The mean post test level of stress among adolescents in experimental group will be significantly lower than their mean pre test level of stress. • RH3-The mean post test level of stress among adolescents in control group will be significantly higher than their mean pre test level of stress. • RH4-There will be a significantly association between the post test level of stress among adolescents in experimental group and control group with their selected demographic variables like age, gender, education, religion, area of living, dietary pattern, hobbies, type of family, birth order, number of siblings, number of friends, education of father, education of mother, occupation of father, occupation of mother, family monthly income and status of parents. The study was based on modified Roy’s adaptation model. The quantitative approach was used for this study. The study was conducted in A.Maruthappa Chettiyar Government Higher Secondary School, Karivalamvantha Nallur and Government Higher Secondary School, Kalingapatti Tirunelveli District. The design adopted for this study was quasi experimental pre test post test control group design to evaluate the effectiveness of laughter therapy on level of stress among adolescents. Non probability purposive sampling technique was used to select 30 samples for control group from Government Higher Secondary School, kalingapatti and the same method was used to select 30 samples for experimental group from A.Maruthappa Chettiyar Government Higher Secondary School, Karivalamvanthanallur. The data collection tool used for the study was modified perceived stress scale. The content validity of the tool was obtained from four nursing experts and one medical expert in the field of psychiatry. The reliability of the tool (r=0.9) was established by test retest method by using karl pearson’s correlation coefficient formula. The tool was accepted as reliable by clinical experts. Pilot study was conducted to find out the feasibility and done the data analysis. Data collection was done by using the modified perceived stress scale and the data obtained were analyzed both in terms of descriptive and inferential statistics. THE MAJOR FINDINGS OF THE STUDY: With regard to the pre test level of stress in experimental group, out of 30 samples, 20 (66.6%) of them were having mild stress, 10 (33.4%) of them were having moderate stress and none of them were having no stress and severe stress. With regard to the pre test level of stress in control group, out of 30 samples 18 (60%) of them were having mild stress, 12 (40%) of them were having moderate stress and none of them were having no stress and severe stress. The experimental group showed that the pre test mean value of stress was 60.3 with the standard deviation 6.35 and the post test mean value of stress was 52.3 with the standard deviation 5.54 . The mean difference was 43.3. The calculated ‘t’ value was 3.04. The control group showed the pre test mean value of stress was 56.3 with the standard deviation 5.54. In control group the post-test mean value was 55.4 with the standard deviation of 1.18. The calculated ‘t’ value was 0.233. The findings showed that there was a significant association between the post test level of stress among adolescents in experimental group with the demographic variables such as age, gender, religion, dietary pattern, hobbies, type of family, number of siblings, occupation of father, occupation of the mother, family monthly income and there was no significant association between the post test level of stress among adolescents in experimental group with the demographic variables education, area of living, birth order, number of friends, education of father, education of mother and status of parents at p<0.05 level. The findings showed that there was no significant association between the post test level of stress among adolescents in control group with their selected demographic variables like age, gender, education, religion, area of living, dietary pattern, hobbies, type of family, birth order, number of siblings, number of friends, education of father, education of mother, occupation of father, occupation of mother, family monthly income and status of parents. RECOMMENDATIONS: • A comparative study can be conducted to assess the level of stress among male and female adolescents studying in colleges. • A study can be carried out to assess the relationship between the stress and coping among adolescents in orphanages. • A study can be conducted to assess the effectiveness of laughter therapy on level of communication among chronic mentally ill patients. • An experimental study can be done to assess the effectiveness of laughter therapy among orphan adolescents. CONCLUSION: From the result of the study, it was concluded that providing laughter therapy to the adolescents was very effective in reducing the level of stress. Therefore the investigator felt that more importance should be given for laughter therapy to reduce the stress among adolescents.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Effectiveness, Laughter Therapy, Reducing the Level of Stress, Adolescents, Studying in Selected Schools, Tirunelveli District. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Psychiatric Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Subramani R |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jan 2022 03:52 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jan 2022 16:48 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/18971 |
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