ABSTRACT

Stress is a common occurrence in day-to-day life and sometimes it will be a reaction or sometime will be a stimulus. The main aim and objective of the study were to assess the level of stress among adults and effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy in reduction of stress. “The research design selected for the study was pre-experimental one group pretest and posttest research design”. A non-probability convenience sampling techniques was used to obtain sample of 60 adult people who satisfied the inclusion criteria. The modified psychological stress assessment scale, which is a standardized measure for assessing the level of stress among adult people, was administered to conduct the pre-test and the post-test. This tool contains 30 items. This is a 4 point scale and the total score is 90. After assessing the pre test stress level, cognitive behavioral therapy was provided to each sample for 30 days for duration of 45 minutes per day each morning. After 30 days stress was measured by using same modified psychological stress assessment scale. Mean of the pre-test and post-test was (61.05) and (25.85) and standard deviation of the pre-test and post-test was (11.89) and (8.27). The Mean difference was (35.2). The calculated ‘t’ value (25.29) was greater than the table value (1.67) at 0.05 level of significance. This showed that there was a significant difference between pre- test and post-test level of stress scores among adult people. Calculated chi square value was significant with age, educational status and other variables were not significant. From the results of the study it was concluded that the cognitive behavioral therapy was effective in reducing the stress level among adult. Keywords: Effect, Cognitive behavioral therapy, Stress, Adults
Publication date: 01/07/2024

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2024/13.7.8172