Original Research Article
Year: 2021 | Month: April | Volume: 11 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 144-152
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20210419
A Pre-Experimental Study to Assess the Effect of Psycho-social Nursing Intervention on Happiness and Psychological Well Being among Adolescents in Selected Schools of Amritsar, Punjab
Rimplepreet Kaur1, Sukhbir Kaur2, Gurjeet Kaur3
1M.Sc. (N) Student, SGRD College of Nursing, Vallah, Amritsar
2Associate Professor, SGRD College of Nursing, Vallah, Amritsar
3Assistant Professor, SGRD College of Nursing, Amritsar
Corresponding Author: Rimplepreet Kaur
ABSTRACT
Adolescents are tomorrow’s adult population, and their health and well being are crucial. Over the past few decades, adolescents are increasingly experiencing mental health challenges. As in schools, adolescent’s happiness and psychological well being has become a more important topic among their parents and teachers. The objective of the study was to assess the effect of psycho-social nursing intervention on happiness and psychological well being among adolescents at selected schools of Amritsar. A Pre experimental study (one group pretest and post test) was conducted on 60 adolescents studying in public schools of Amritsar selected by purposive sampling technique. The adolescents were allocated into three groups of 20 each. 12 sessions (5 sessions / week) of psycho-social nursing intervention were given to each group for 1 hour duration. Data was collected by administering standardized happiness and psychological well being questionnaire. The result of the study revealed that the mean post-test happiness score was higher (84.83±12.12) than pre test mean score of happiness (50.70±8.67) and was found to be statistically significant (t=20.30, df=59, p=0.000**). The mean post-test psychological well being score was higher (174.63±28.01) than pre-test mean score of psychological well being (97.18±22.71) and was found to be statistically significant (t=20.61, df=59, p=0.001*) but there was no significant association was found between pretest and post-test score of level of happiness and psychological well being with selected demographic variables. The study concluded that psycho-social nursing intervention was effective to improve the level of happiness and psychological well being among adolescents studying at selected public schools of Amritsar.
Key words: psycho-social nursing intervention, happiness, psychological well being, adolescents, school.