Effectiveness of jacobson progressive muscle relaxation technique on the level of stress among police at selected battalion in Thirunelveli District

Dhony, G (2016) Effectiveness of jacobson progressive muscle relaxation technique on the level of stress among police at selected battalion in Thirunelveli District. Masters thesis, Sree Mookambika College of Nursing, Kulasekharam.

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Abstract

Stress is a multi dimensional phenomenon which is focused on dynamic relationship between the individual and the environment. Police profession is generally perceived as a stressful and demanding profession. It is both physically and psychologically challenging. A police is exposed to a variety of stress in his day life medium level of depersonalization to high level of emotion exhaustion. The main objectives of the study was to assess the effectiveness of JPMR on the level of stress among police. The research design selected for the study was non-equivalent pre test and post test control group design. A purposive sampling techniques was used to obtain sample of 60 Police (30 in experimental group and control group); who satisfied the inclusion criteria. The tool used for the study was modified police stress scale. Pretest was conducted in the police on the first day and second day JPMR was provided. Post test was conducted to the group was done by Modified Police Stress Scale. Ethical aspect of this study maintained throughout the study. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study findings reveals that among experimental group the mean pre-test score was 33.16 with standard deviation with 7.6. For control group the mean post-test was 5.5 with standard deviation 11.08. The mean difference was 27.66. The obtained ‘t’ value was 13.73, where as the table value was 2.04. It was significant at p< 0.05 level. The study concluded that JPMR was highly effective in reducing of stress among Police.

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Stress; Police; JPMR
Subjects: NURSING > Psychiatric Nursing
Depositing User: Ramakrishnan J
Date Deposited: 22 Aug 2017 06:29
Last Modified: 22 Aug 2017 06:29
URI: http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/2791

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