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Effectiveness of Self- Instructional Module on Oppositional Defiant Disorder among the School Teachers in a selected School at Bengaluru: A Quasi Experimental Study

R. Lakshmi Devi , R. Lakshmi Devi

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Red Flower's Journal of Psychiatric Nursing 1(2):p 45-48, May-Aug 2012. | DOI:

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Background:Literature reveals that imparting the knowledge on ODD among parents and teachers will prevent the evolving conduct disorders.Objective:A study was conducted to find out the effectiveness of Self Instructional Module (SIM) to impart the knowledge on ODD among the school teachers and to find out the association between the selected socio- demographic variables with the knowledge level on ODD among school teachers.Methodology:Thirty Primary and high school teachers were selected randomly. A pre-test to assess the knowledge of school teachers on ODD was administered, a self instructional module on ODD was given, followed by administration of post-test by structured interview schedule.Results:The mean, SD and the frequency and percentage distribution of teachers by their pre and post- test knowledge scores revealed that the Self-Instructional Module which was administered to the school teachers was effective in improving their knowledge on ODD. This was proved by paired‘t’ test at 5% level of significance. As regards the association between the selected socio- demographic variables and pre-test knowlegde scores, it was found that only marital status had a significant relationship with knowledge scores at 5% level of significance.

Keywords: Oppositional defiant disorder; Self instructional module; School teacher.


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