Child Health Nursing Research
- 제7권3호
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- Pages.359-370
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- 2001
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- 2287-9110(pISSN)
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- 2287-9129(eISSN)
지시적 심상요법이 청소년의 스트레스에 미치는 효과
Effects of Guided Imagery on Stress of Adolescents
- Suk Min-Hyun (Dep. of Nursing, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University) ;
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Yoon Young-Mi
(Dep. of Nursing, Seoil College)
- 발행 : 2001.07.01
초록
The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of the guided imagery program on stress of adolescents. The study design was nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest study. The Data were collected from the 1st to 30th of September in 2000. Two schools were selected as an experimental group and a control group. Each group included two classes. The experimental group was consisted of 40 male students and 42 female students and the control group was consisted of 41 males and 42 females. The guided imagery was provided with audiotapes to the subjects in the classroom for 8 minutes per each therapy, 5 times a week for 4 weeks. The pretest was given before the therapy to measure variables for both groups and the posttests were performed twice after 2 weeks and 4 weeks from the start of intervention. The Instruments used in this study were perception of stress scale developed by Park(1996), Vividness of Imagery Scale; short form of bett's test scale developed by Sheenhan(1967). The data were analyzed by the SAS program using Chi-square test, t-test, repeated measure ANOVA and Bonferroni correction. The results of this study are as follows: 'The level of stress of adolescents who received the guided imagery will be significantly lower than that of control group' was supported(F=10.14, p=.00). In conclusion, the guided imagery was suggested as an effective nursing intervention did reduce the stress of adolescents which school nurses could utilize for adolescents at school.