A Study To Assess The Effectiveness Of Art Therapy On Stress Among The Substance Abuse Patient In Selected De Addiction Center, Chennai

Alfred Solomon. D

Volume : IV, Issue : X, October - 2015

A Study To Assess The Effectiveness Of Art Therapy On Stress Among The Substance Abuse Patient In Selected De Addiction Center, Chennai

Alfred Solomon. D

Abstract :

INTRODUCTION Stress is a biological term for the consequences of the failure of human being to respond appropriately to emotional or physical threats, whether actual or imagined. Many studies have showed that Drug abuse patients are vulnerable to stress. OBJECTIVES Assess the level of stress among substance abuse patient before art therapy, Assess the level of stress in substance abuse patient after art therapy in experimental and control group, Determine the effectiveness of art therapy among substance abuse patient in experimental group, Associate the level of stress with selected demographic variable of both experimental and control group. METHODOLOGY True experimental design with Simple random sampling was used and 30 samples in experimental group and 30 samples in control group at serene life hospital and Holistic rehab center Chennai. The data was collected, organized and analyzed in terms of both descriptive and inferential statistics. RESULT: There was a significant decrease in the level of stress among substance abuse patients staying in de addiction center after receiving the art therapy at P < 0.0001 level.