Effect of Social Support Program with Group Process on Stress Among Student Grade 12, Rajaprajanugroh 54 School, Amnatcharoen Province

Abstract

This quasi-experimental study, pre- and post-test in a single group, aimed to compare the average score of knowledge about stress and the average score of stress of Grade 12 students before and after receiving a social support program with group process for 2 weeks. Participants were 46 Grade 12 students. Data were collected by knowledge test and SPST-20 questionnaires with the confidence levels at 0.87 and 0.86 respectively. The descriptive and inferential statistics with Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-rank test were used to analyze the data.

The results showed that most of participants were females (58.7%), stayed at the school’s dormitory (80.4%) and had the average income per week for 201-350 baht (39.1%). After the intervention, the participants had the significant average score of knowledge about stress higher than before intervention from 12.93 score (S.D.=3.56) to 15.02 score (S.D.=2.04) (p-value=0.004) and had the significant average score of stress lower than before intervention from 51.17 score (S.D. 13.32) (high level) to 34.46 score (S.D.= 7.30) (moderate level) (p-value < 0.001). Therefore, group process should be considered and used for students allowing them to talk and share their stress management experiences with their friends who are at the same stage leading to reduce their stress levels.