Open AccessEffectiveness of teaching programme on knowledge of mothers regarding the effect of family conflicts on school children
Author(s) -
GS Shilpa,
Jovita Mathias,
L. Suresh Babu,
Likhila Abraham,
Lintu Susan Mathew,
Loolu A George,
Loveleen Jenifer,
NP Lubaiba,
B Madhura,
Manu Mathew,
Mareena Varghese,
Meenu Xaviour
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
archives of medicine and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2321-6085
pISSN - 2321-4848
DOI - 10.4103/2321-4848.144328
Subject(s) - medicine , nonprobability sampling , test (biology) , anxiety , family conflict , clinical psychology , family medicine , developmental psychology , psychiatry , psychology , environmental health , population , paleontology , biology
Background: Conflict within home has been found to have a negative effect on many aspects of children′s functioning. The incident rate of abnormal behavior and poor scholastic performance is high among the children with conflict in their family. Objectives: To determine the effectiveness of planned teaching program in terms of gain in knowledge of mothers regarding effects of family conflicts on children. Materials and Methods: This study involved pre-experimental one group pretest and post-test design. A sample of 50 mothers was selected by non-probability purposive sampling technique in the Talapady area. Structured knowledge questionnaire was used to assess the pretest and post-test knowledge. Results: Regarding effectiveness of teaching program, the overall mean percentage of knowledge score was 46.25% in the pre-test and 80% in the post-test. The enhancement in the mean percentage knowledge score was found to be significant. Discussion: Research conducted in this area suggested that conflict between parents is a consistent predictor for increasing anxiety in children, which needs to be prevented by educating the parents