Year: 2026 | Month: January-March | Volume: 11 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 103-111
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/gijhsr.20260113
Effect of Helping Attitude Exercises on Building Helping Attitude Among Adolescents; Randomised Control Trial
Athira Alex1, Josy A Mathew2
1P. G Student, Department of Child Health Nursing, Lourdes College of Nursing, Kerala University of Health Sciences, Kerala, India
2Professor, Vice Principal, Lourdes College of Nursing, Kerala University of Health Sciences, Kerala, India
Corresponding Author: Athira Alex
ABSTRACT
Objective: Adolescence is a critical stage of development marked by rapid physical, emotional, and social changes that shape lifelong behaviour. During this period, developing empathy, kindness, cooperation, and a willingness to help others is essential for healthy social relationships and emotional well- being. However, increasing academic pressure, media influence and reduced family interaction have contributed to a decline in prosocial behaviour among adolescents. So, it is the high time to focus on value education for the holistic development of the adolescents. The present study aimed to know the effect of helping attitude exercises on building helping attitude among adolescents in a selected school, Ernakulam.
Materials and Methods: The study was carried out among 80 adolescents who were studying in 8th standard L.M.C.C High School, Chathiyath in Ernakulam district. A true experimental pre-test post-test control group research design was opted for this study and 80 samples were selected by simple random sampling technique.
Results: The present study revealed that there is no significant difference between the pre-test values of experimental and control group (t value = -0.69, p = 0.49). But there is a significant difference between the post-test values of experimental and control group (t value = 8.78, p = 0.000). And there is a significant difference between pre-test and post-test mean score of experimental group (t value = -8.8, p = 0.000). The result also showed that helping attitude has no significant association with selected socio-demographic variables.
Conclusion: The present study concluded that helping attitude exercises was very effective for adolescents to improve helping attitude.
Keywords: Helping attitude; Helping attitude exercises; Adolescents; Randomised control trial.