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A Quasi Experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Stress and Coping Strategies Among Adolescent Period in Selected School District Tarn Taran

Sarbjeet Kaur, Ramesh Kumari, Bimla Rani, Manpreet Kaur Garcha

Abstract


Stress is a complicated and dynamic method of communication involving a person in his or her environment. It is an unpleasant psychological and physiological condition triggered because of certain internal or external requirements that extend beyond our ability. Coping is the rational and behavioral attempts to cope with particular external and internal requirements going beyond the resources of a person. Effective coping techniques are either behavioral or psychological response intended to modify the temperament of the stressor or how he/she perceives it. These cumulative stresses can cause many physical and mental issues. This will make more stress in adolescent because of academic pressure, financial problem, and separation of family. A quasi experimental study is done to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on stress and coping strategies among adolescent period in selected school district Tarn Taran. The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on stress and coping strategies among adolescents periods. Sampling technique: The simple randomized sampling technique was adopted to select the subjects. The statistical technique used for analysis was descriptive and inferential. Result: The result showed that mean score of pre- and post-test of stress among experimental group of adolescents were 17.9(SD±4.07) and 23.4(SD±3.80) and control group were 17.7(SD±4.98) and 18.4(SD±5.51). The mean score of pre- and post-test of coping strategies among experimental group of adolescents were 50.2(SD±7.39) and 67.2(SD±5.91), and control group were 50.9(SD±5.02) and 51.6(SD±3.86), respectively. The paired t-test valve of pre- and post-test was 9.49, 1.79, respectively, for coping strategies and pre- and post-valve was 7.1, 0.83, respectively, for stress and coping strategies in experimental group is significant at level of p≤0.05. Conclusion: Knowledge regarding coping strategies among adolescent effect on practice with increase in the level of knowledge of the regarding coping strategies to reduce their stress.

Keywords: adolescent, coping, strategies, stress

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijnn.v1i2.107

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