A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Therapy in Reducing Stress among the Adolescent Students in Selected Schools at Bhopal

Background Adolescence is a stage of human development that occurs in between childhood and adulthood. Behavioural and emotional pattern experienced across adolescence can spiral into positive or negative outcome processes. Objectives To assess the pre test and post test level of stress and find out the effectiveness of mindfulness based stress reduction therapy, and to associate the post test stress score with their selected demographic variables. Methods and materials A pre experimental design was chosen. Non probability purposive sampling technique used to select the sample of 90 school students. Perceived stress scale was used to assess the stress level. Results effectiveness of the study point was estimate of 18.57 and interval estimate was 16.40 to 20.72 . Mean difference with 95 CI. Discussion Dawn Bazarko et al 2013 explained that the mindfulness was decreased the stress level p 0.001 . This was supported to my study. So, mindfulness had significant to reduce stress level among the adolescent students. Conclusion Statistical significance was calculated by using chi square test and student independent t test. So, mindfulness based stress reduction therapy had significant impact on reducing stress among the adolescent students. Mindfulness therapy is safer and more effective intervention in all settings. Sunil Kumar Jaiswal | Ms. Sunita Singh | Mr. Mata Deen "A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Therapy in Reducing Stress among the Adolescent Students in Selected Schools at Bhopal" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-7 , December 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd52593.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/nursing/52593/a-study-to-assess-the-effectiveness-of-mindfulness-based-stress-reduction-therapy-in-reducing-stress-among-the-adolescent-students-in-selected-schools-at-bhopal/sunil-kumar-jaiswal