Children are most likely to have physical, psychological and social
problems. Stress is an important psychological problem more commonly seen in
children and orphan children face immense stress due to complex needs. An
interventional study was conducted to assess the effect of Bibliotherapy on the
level of stress among children at selected orphanages. Pre-experimental one group
pretest- posttest design was used to conduct the study. The sampling technique
adopted for the study was purposive sampling. The level of stress was assessed by
the structured stress assessment questionnaire. Forty five children between the age
group of 10-13 years of Don Bosco Anpuillam and Maryalaya orphanage who
were having stress were included in the study. Bibliotherapy was administered for
thirty days and posttest was done on the last day by using the same structured
stress assessment questionnaire. Paired‘t’ test was used to assess the effect of
Bibliotherapy on stress among children at selected orphanages. The result showed
that the mean scores of stress before and after Bibliotherapy were, 59.33 and
39.68 with the standard deviation of 13.07 and 8.07 respectively. The calculated
‘t’ value 8.10 was compared with the table value (3.526) at 0.001 level of
significance. The calculated ‘t’ value is greater than the table value. Thus the
research hypothesis was accepted which shows that there is a significant
difference in the level of stress of the children at selected orphanages before and
after implementation of Bibliotherapy. Hence it is concluded that Bibliotherapy
can be implemented for reduction of stress among children between 10-13 years
of age at orphanages
