“Effectiveness of Guided Imagery on Academic Stress & Mental Health in

students of selected Nursing Colleges”

Ph.D syllabus Proposal Submitted to

RESEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Sri BalajiVidyapeeth Deemed University, Pondicherry

Student Name
Mr.P. Karthikeyaprasath

Under the Guidance of

Dr.K.LalithaM.Sc (N), Ph.D
Director of Nursing Services
Sri BalajiVidyapeeth Deemed University,

Pondicherry

2018
 Ph.D Nursing
COURSE WORK: (RAC Level)

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Course Content: I

Total Hours: 32 + Credits=2

UNIT HOURS COURSE CONTENT

I Topic Specific: experimental research design:
 Types
 Features of true experimental design
5
 Specific experimental design- Basic experimental designs
 Factorial design, cross over design
 Strength and Limitations
II Quasi-experimental design:
 Concept
 Types
5
 Non-equivalent control group designs
 Time series design
 Strength and Limitations
III Pre-experimental design:
5 Concept, Types, One group pre-test & posttest design. One shot case
study method, Strength and Limitations
IV 2  Research examples of an Experimental, Quasi-experimental &
Pre-experimental designs
1  Annotated Bibliography for Lecture method and Team based
learning.
2  Critique of Research report on Quasi experimental design
V Rigor & Validity in experimental research
 Validity & validity threats
5  Types of Validity : Statistical conclusion validity, internal
validity construct validity, external validity critiquing guidelines
for validity.

Reference:

1. Denise F. Polit, Chery11 Totano Beck. Nursing Research. 9th edition, SAE, LWW, 2014
P201-272

Assignments : Unit test(2), Term paper (5)

Method of learning : seminar, Zig-saw method

 Ph.D Nursing
Course Work: (RAC Level)

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Course Content- III Total Hours: 62 + Credits: 4

UNIT HOURS COURSE CONTENT

(2 studies in Experimental design: systematic reviews on Guided imagery, academic
I each 15 stress and mental health
hours)
( 5 studies in Quasi experimental design : Academic stress and mental health and
II
10 hours) mental health
(2 studies in Mental analysis studies: Cochrane search on Guided imagery ,
III
each 7 hours) academic stress, Mental Health
IV (10 hours) Standardized instruments to asses AS and Mental Health then details
(4 hours for Journal club -5 articles on on Guided imagery , academic stress, Mental
V each x5 = 20 Health
hours)

Method of teaching: Discussion, Journal Article Review and Critique

 Ph.D in Nursing
Course Work: (RAC Level)

Course work: II (RAC Level) - Self study

Topic specific: Academic Stress, Guided Imagery and Mental Health.

Unit Hours Course content

Review on stress
 Concept of stress, sources, types, stages of general adaptation
I 8 syndrome, signs and symptoms of stress, cognitive aspects of stress,
signs and symptoms of overload effect of stress on the body, the stress
response, the relaxation response
Academic stress:
Concept of academic stress, teachers steps to reduce academic stress: causes,
features, Significance, identification, prioritizing, prevention and solution;
II 10 effect of negative thinking on academic performance ang health.
Management of academic stress;; role of counselors, role of parents factors
affecting parental involvement, role of coaching centers and academic stress :
need, advantages and disadvantages
Mental Health:
 Introduction: Meaning and definitions of mental health, factors
contributing to positive mental health, strategies to promote mental
health, characteristics of good mental health.
3.1 6
 Components of mental health: self-concept, communication, empathy,
IPR, emotional control (54 item likert tool on mental health) self-
awareness.
 Meaning, promoting mental health ways
Guided imagery :
Meaning, Theoretical base, forms, process, role of guided imagery im anxiety
relief and enhanced wellbeing, techniques used in transformative imagery
felicitation, applications of individual and group transformative imagery,
IV 8 education stress and reduction strategies. themes in diagnosis of Guided
imagery –sources, different themes and their indicators; the meadow, the water
fall and then scripts application; ethical considerations, contra indicators and
health warnings.
 Theoretical base- Psycho synthesis and gestalt
Assignments :
1. Unit test (5 hours),
2. Term papers (10 hours),
3. Generating script (5 hours)
4. Application of script with supervision (5 hours)
5. Instruments available to evaluate academic stress and mental health
(5 hours)

Reference:

1. Kilinc community health centre manual on stress and stress management, January -2010
stress and management syllabus.
2. Robert J. Sternberg, Karin Sternberg . Cognitive Psychology,, 7 ed. Wadsworth, 20
Davis Drive, Belmont, CA 94002-3098, USA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning; 2012.
3. Eric hall, carol hall, Pamela Straddling, Diane Young. Creative Interventions in
Counselling & Psychotherapy, 1 ed. London EC1Y 1SP: SAGE Publications Ltd; 2006.
4. Tova Navarra, B.A., R.N. The Encyclopaedia of Complementary and Alternative
Medicine, 1 Ed. New York: Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data; 2006.