Red Flower's Journal of Psychiatric Nursing

Adolescence is a dynamic period of growth and development that bridges childhood to adulthood, while being distinctly different from both groups. Adolescence is characterized by many interrelated changes of body, mind, and social relationships. The broad purpose of the study was to identify the 1st Year B.Sc.(Nursing) students having low selfconcept and adjustment problems in order to develop an effective guidance and counseling program for the students. The adjustment among first year university students directly and adversely affected university teaching. Adjustment problems diminish in the first three months and certainly last no longer than first year.

Keywords: Self concept; Adjustment.

In the present study, humming therapy was used for treating anxiety in nursing students. The sample consisted of 60 nursing students. Thirty students (15 GNM, 15 B.Sc. Nsg) were in control group and 30 students (15 GNM, 15 B.Sc. Nsg) in experimental group. The method of sampling used was stratified simple random sampling. The tools used were (1) personal data questionnaire (2) state and trait anxiety scale.Each student of the control group was assessed on both the scales and, again, after 10 days they were assessed on the same scale. Each student of experimental group was also assessed on the same scales but the students of this group has been trained for humming therapy (30 min humming, 15 min awareness,15 min rest) daily for 10 days. Then this group of students was again assessed on the same scales. Results revealed that there was no statistically significant difference between pre and post test anxiety level of control group while the difference was statistically significant at p<0.001 level in experimental group after the administration of humming therapy.

Keywords: Anxiety Level; Student Nurses;Relaxation therapy.

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Design: One group pre test post, test pre experimental design was selected for the study.Subjects: The participants were 60 software employees from selected companies at Bangalore. Methods: Purposive sampling technique was used to select the samples for the study. Data collection tool: A stress rating scale was used to collect data from the subjects. Data analysis: The obtained data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation was used to explain sociodemographic variables and to assess the level of stress. The level of significance was set at 0.05 levels. Results: In the pre intervention stage, the subjects had mild stress with a mean of 50.6% ± 7.9, where as in post intervention, there was a significant mean stress reduction of 31.0 ± 9.1. A significant association was found between age, gender, marital status, transportation facilities, awareness of pranayama and source of information and mean pre intervention stress score. Conclusion: In pre intervention, 46.7% of the subjects had moderate stress where as in post intervention all the subjects had only mild stress. The study findings indicate that the pranayama program was effective for stress reduction among software employees.

Key words: Pranayama; Stress; Software employees.