A study to assess the ef fect iveness of aerobic dance movement
therapy on anxiety level among adolescent girls in selected school at
t iruvannamalai
Introduction
Adolescent period is not an age of problems and f rustrat ions, in
most of them i t is golden age of adventure, romance and creat ivi ty. It
is the period in l i fe when an individual is having t ime, energy,
creat ivi ty and a spi ri t of trying new things. Adolescents form above
near ly one f ifth of the total populat ion of India and are signi ficant
p r o p o r t i o n o f t h e wo r l d ‘ s ad o l es c en t p o p u l at i o n . It i s u n d e r s t an d a b l e
that the occur rence of var ious psychosocial stressors during the
transi t ion f rom the adolescent to chi ldhood is inevi table.
Objectives
a. To assess the pre-test level of anxiety among adolescent
girls in the Experimental group and cont rol group.
b. To assess the post -test level of anxiety among adolescent
girls in the experimental and cont rol group.
c. To evaluate the ef fect iveness of aerobic dance movement
therapy on anxiety among adolescent girls in experimental
group.
d. To associate the post -test anxiety levels of adolescent gi rls
in the experimental Group wi th thei r selected demographic
variable.
Materials and Methods
A Quant i tat ive Research approach was adopted for this study. A
review of l i terature was done on studies related to aerobic dance
movement therapy on psychological condi t ion, Studies related to
Aerobic Dance movement therapy on medical condi t ion, s tudies related
to anxiety. The conceptual framework opted for this study was based
o n t h e Mo d el o f Wi d e n b ac h ‘ s h el p i n g ar t o f cl i n i c al n u r s i n g t h eo r y
(1969), in order to achieve the object ives of the study. The Research
design adopted was quasi experimental design. The tool adopted for the
s t u d y i s s t an d ar d i z ed ―S t at e t r ai t an x i et y s c al e‖ . T h e t o o l was v al i d at e d
by 4 exper ts.
A pi lot study was conducted before under taking the main study.
The main study was conducted in, Government Gir ls Higher Secondary
and Government Higher Secondary School , among 60 adolescent gi rls
of age group between 16-18 years. Purposive sampl ing technique was
used to select 30 samples into experimental group and 30 students into
control group. The study lasted for a per iod of 4 weeks during which,
pre test was conducted using State t rai t anxiety scale to access the
level of anxiety among adolescent gi rls in both the schools. The
intervent ion was given f rom the next day to th e subjects in Government
Girls Higher Secondary. The intervent ion had 4 phases; Preparat ion
Phase, Incubat ion Phase, Il luminat ion Phase, Evaluat ion Phase.
Intervent ion was given for a period of 4 weeks for 30 min per day. The
subjects in the Government Higher Secondary School were used for
control group. After 4 weeks post test was given to both the groups.
The data was analysed by descript ive and inferent ial stat ist ics, the
hypothesis was tested, the object ives were achieved and the resul t was
presented.
Major Findings of the Study
The analysis revealed that the analysis of pre and post test score
of anxiety of adolescent gi rls were evaluated and showed that the score
of anxiety in post test is reduced than the scores in pre test of anxiety.
The overal l improvement mean showed a un paired T value of 18.329,
which was stat ist ical ly signi ficant at p<0.001 level . These findings
revealed that there was significant dif ference in the post level between
the experimental and the cont rol group.
Conclusion
On the basis of the f indings of the study, the invest igator fel t the
aerobic dance movement therapy is ef fect ive non – pharmacological
therapy for reduct ion of anxiety. Therefore this aerobic dance
movement therapy used as a safe and ef fect ive method for g iving
support , comfort and relaxat ion to anxiety persons
