A study to evaluate the effectiveness of guided imagery on examination anxiety among adolescents in selected schools at Asaripallam

Abstract

A study to evaluate the effectiveness of guided imagery on examination anxiety among adolescents in selected schools at Asaripallam with the following objectives: To assess the pre-test and post-test levels of examination anxiety among adolescents in experimental group and control group. To evaluate the effectiveness of guided imagery on examination anxiety among adolescents. To find out association between pre-test level of examination anxiety and selected demographic variables (age, sex, socio-economic status, type of family, medium of instruction in school) of adolescents in experimental and control groups. Research Approach: A quantitative approach was used for this study. Research Design : True experimental pre-test–post-test control group design was adapted. Sample: Adolescents who are studying in 10th standard with examination anxiety and those who fulfil the inclusion criteria in selected schools at Asaripallam. Sample Size: Total sample size was 60, among whom, 30 in experimental group received guided imagery, and 30 in control group received no intervention. Sampling Technique: Randomly the schools were assigned to the experimental and control groups by lottery method. The following results were drawn from the present study: Most of the adolescents in the experimental and control groups suffered from examination anxiety. Guided imagery was effective in reducing the level of examination anxiety among adolescents. The mean post-test level of examination anxiety (22.5) was lesser than the mean pre-test level of examination anxiety (33.8) in the experimental group. The obtained t-value (9.02) was statistically highly significant at 0.05 level. This illustrates the mean difference of 11.3, which was a true difference and has not occurred by chance. This may be due to the effect of guided imagery. The mean post-test level of examination anxiety in experimental group (22.5) was lesser than the mean post-test level of examination anxiety in control group (33.5). The obtained t-value (9.16) was statistically highly significant at 0.05 level. This illustrates the mean difference of 9, which was a true difference and has not occurred by chance.