Effect of Braingym Exercise on Mitigating Level of Stress among High School Students in a Selected Government High School, Odisha

Abstract

An interventional study attempted to evaluate the impact of brain gym exercise on mitigating stress levels in high school pupils in a selected government high school,odisha with objectives to measure the level of stress among high school students, to evaluate the effect of brain gym exercise on mitigating the degree of stress on high school students in order to determine the relationship between stress levels and certain demographic characteristics. Total 120 samples were choosed by using proportionate stratified random sampling techniques. Self-structured student stress scale was utilized to determine the amount of stress among the participants. Brain gym exercise was given for 15 days. The study result demonstrated a statistically significant difference in Levels of stress pre- and post-test in the experimental group at p-value˂0.0001. Level of stress was significantly associated with gender as chi square value (12.513) at p value (.003) and education of father as chi square value (10.213) at p value (0.001) and father's profession as chi-square value (14.506) but no significant association with the other socio demographic variables. The study revealed that the brain gym exercise was efficient in stress reduction. Level among high school students.