Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge and Practices of Stress Management Strategy in Resolving Problem of the Adolescents in High School at Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

This article concentrates on the practical management of stress those have in adolescence period. It focuses on the role of the stress management practices among adolescence. Stress is a feeling of stain and pressure. The present study aims to determine the stress and the stress management to resolving the problems among adolescents Objective: Determine the Effectiveness of knowledge and practices of stress management among adolescence students. Method: Research Design: Pre experimental one group pretest-posttest design. Setting: Class room at Advent Christian High School Participants: 50 Students who satisfied the inclusion criteria. Intervention: Structure questionnaire on stress knowledge and practices of various technique were administered pretest on 1-3 weeks   Posttest was conducted with the same on the forth week. Results: Majority of the students (60%) had inadequate knowledge and (36%) had moderately adequate knowledge in pre test. Whereas, in post test (30%) of students had moderately adequate knowledge and (70%) had adequate knowledge. Comparison of mean and Standard Deviation of stress management practices assessment score of among adolescence in the post- test ((M=30.6, SD=3.74) was higher than that of in the Pre-test (M=17.3, SD=3.64). The difference was found to be statistically significant at P<0.001level which indicates the Effectiveness of knowledge and practices of stress management among adolescence students. Conclusion: These findings support a need to promote stress awareness programs as a means of increasing knowledge and practices of stress management to resolving the problems among adolescents