A Quasi-Experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Jacobson’s Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique on Social Anxiety among Adolescent Girls of Selected Schools of Kashipur, Uttarakhand

Abstract

Introduction: Adolescence is a transitional phase of growth and development between childhood and adulthood. The unique nature and importance of adolescents mandates explicit and specific attention in Health. Aim: This study was carried out to assess the level of social anxiety among the adolescent girls in selected schools of Kashipur. Objectives: To demonstrate the Jacobson’s Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique to the adolescents. To compare the Post-test social anxiety scores in both the groups. To find out the association between the social anxiety Post-test scores with the demographic variables of both groups. Methods: A Quantitative, Quasi-experimental, Non-equivalent and Pre and Post-test only design was used in the study. A total of 271 adolescent girls were screened for social anxiety, among them 68 adolescents were found to have social anxiety, which was categorized as Mild, Moderate and Severe on the basis of anxiety scores on the 1st day. Adolescent girls were divided into experimental (30) and control group (30), Jacobson’s Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique was administered for 10 days, twice a day and social anxiety was assessed on the 11th day. Result: Difference in the mean scores was found in the Experimental group (213.3) and the Control group (140.1). There was significant decrease seen in the Post-test social anxiety scores of the adolescent girls after the administration of the Jacobson’s Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique as p<0.01 at 0.05 level of significance. There was no association found between the Post-test social anxiety scores with the socio demographic variables in both the groups. Conclusion: Based on the findings the following conclusion can be drawn that Jacobson’s Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique is effective in reducing social anxiety among adolescent girls. How to cite this article:Didacus HG, Bharadwaj U, Mancheri N. A Quasi-Experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Jacobson’s Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique on Social Anxiety among Adolescent Girls of Selected Schools of Kashipur, Uttarakhand. Int J Nurs Midwif Res 2019; 6(2&3): 12-16.