A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Adolescent Crisis for the Mothers of Pre-Adolescent and Adolescent Children Attending a Selected School in Gwalior

Abstract

Introduction : Yesterday's child is today's adolescent and tomorrow's parent. Adolescent crisis is a normal phenomenon. Mother being the backbone and the responsible entity for the health and well being of the family and plays a significant role in supporting her child during this transitional age. A woman who has access to education is better able to enhance her territories of impact upon her child's development. This study was conducted to find out the effectiveness of a planned teaching programme on adolescent crisis for the mothers of school going preadolescent and adolescent children. Methodology : An evaluatory approach with one group pre-test post-test design was used for the study. The sample consisted of 100 mothers selected by simple random sampling method. Data was collected by administering a structured knowledge questionnaire prepared by investigator. After collecting the baseline data, planned teaching programme was given to the subjects and on the seventh day post-test was conducted using the same  questionnaire used for the collecting the baseline data. Results : The 't' value computed (t = 11.638, P<0.001) showed a significant difference suggesting that the planned teaching programme was effective in increasing the knowledge of mothers. The mean post-test area wise scores (?2 = 8.13, 5.42, 2.58, 2.54, 6.64) were higher than the mean pre-test area wise scores (?1 = 4.89, 3.40, 2.25, 1.46, 4.37). Conclusions : Findings of the study showed that the knowledge of the mothers was not satisfactory before the introduction of the planned teaching programme. The planned teaching programme helped them to learn more about handling different characteristic features of adolescence - adolescent crisis, decreased family relationship and increased peer group influence.