Knowledge regarding School Phobia among Teachers of Selected Government Schools, Bharatpur

Abstract

Background: School phobia is defined as absenteeism or child refusal to attend school or difficulty in attending classes or remaining in school for an entire day. Various stressors trigger school phobia, including problematic family dynamics, parents marital discord, impending school-based changes, family-based transitions, illness, and traumatic experiences. Thus, the objective of the study is to find out the knowledge regarding school phobia among the teachers of selected government school.

Methods: A descriptive, cross- sectional research design was used. Non-probability consecutive sampling technique was used for the study. Sample size was 65 of selected 2 government schools. Data were collected through the self-administered – structured, questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 16 and descriptive and inferential statistics.

Results: The findings of the study revealed that more than half (55.6%) of the respondents had inadequate level of knowledge regarding School Phobia. The present study showed that there is no significant association between level of knowledge and selected variables i.e. age, gender, ethnic group marital status, educational level, exposure with school phobia and training

Conclusions: This study concluded that only two fifth of the teachers tends had adequate knowledge regarding school phobia. Therefore, structured teaching planning, training, awareness programme should be conducted to improve the knowledge regarding school phobia.