Relaxation Techniques and Stress and Anger Management Among Hearing-Impaired Individuals in Pakistan

Abstract

The current study aims to equip the hearing-impaired individuals with relaxation techniques and management for their psychological problems such as stress and anger outburst through sign language. Also, to assess the efficacy of relaxation techniques for stress and anger issues among hearing impaired. Sample of n=52 hearing impaired (n=26 male and n=26 in female) having stress and anger issues were chosen through random sampling as participants. This sample was divided into two groups i.e., control and experimental group. Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) was used to measure the stress and buss Perry scale (BPS) to measure anger. Pretest was taken from both the groups and scores were noted then experimental group received treatment including relaxation technique twice a week for 1.5 month through sign language whereas control group were not provided any treatment then posttest was taken from both the groups and results were drawn through paired sample T test on SPSS. A statistically significant difference was found between pre-posttest of the mean scores of experimental groups (P=0.05) Results showed that relaxation techniques are significantly effective for stress and anger among hearing impaired