Effect of Stress Management Programme on Mental Health of Learned Helpless Adolescents

Abstract

The present experimental investigation, which is pre test - post test control group design, was conducted to assess the effectiveness of stress management programme on mental health of adolescents who exhibit the problem of learned helplessness in the subject of mathematics. A sample of 200 learned helpless adolescents in mathematics were selected by the investigator, out of which 100 were assigned to control group and 100 to experimental group. After conducting a pre test of mental health on both the groups, investigator had given a four-month stress management programme based on three techniques i.e. changing thoughts, changing behaviour and learning to relax for 30 min per day to the experimental group, which was then post tested on the scale of mental health. The results of the study revealed that stress management programme was an effective intervention strategy to improve the mental health of learned helpless adolescents. Based on the finding, some implications were made.