Enhancing Mental Health Awareness in Adolescent Girls through the Application of Complementary Therapies: A Quasi-Experimental Study
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https://doi.org/10.56294/hl2025919Keywords:
Journaling, Yoga Pranayama, Self-Hypnosis, Mental health awareness, Adolescent girlsAbstract
Introduction: mental health awareness is an important concept for adolescent girls. In general, adolescent girls have a higher prevalence of anxiety and depression than boys. The problem-solving method used in this study provided interventions through complementary therapies such as journaling, yoga pranayama, and self-hypnosis. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the application of Journaling, Yoga Pranayama, and Self-hypnosis in increasing mental health awareness in adolescent girls within Badung Regency, Bali.
Method: a quasi-experimental method was used to evaluate the application of journaling, yoga pranayama, and self-hypnosis in increasing mental health awareness. The respondents were adolescent girls divided into three different groups, given Journaling, Yoga Pranayama, and Self-Hypnosis methods, respectively. Before and after the intervention, the respondents were tested using the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales Youth version (DASS-Y) to determine anxiety, stress, and depression.
Results: the Wilcoxon test showed significant reductions across all interventions: journaling reduced depression (p = 0,005), anxiety (p = 0,008), and stress (p = 0,018); yoga pranayama reduced depression (p = 0,022), anxiety (p = 0,018), and stress (p = 0,048); and self-hypnosis reduced depression (p = 0,001), anxiety (p = 0,001), and stress (p = 0,003). The Kruskal–Wallis test revealed no significant differences between the three interventions for depression (p = 0,417), anxiety (p = 0,539), or stress (p = 0,109).
Conclusion: Journaling, yoga pranayama, and self-hypnosis interventions can reduce anxiety, stress, and depression in adolescent girls.
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