“An experimental study to assess the effevtiveness of information booklet on knowledge regarding sexual harassment among the high school girls in selected school of urban area.”

Abstract

An experimental study to assess the effectiveness of Information Booklet on knowledge regarding sexual harassment among the high school girls in selected school of urban area. The research approach used was quantitative research approach. Total 60 samples are selected for the study. The research design selected for the study was pre- experimental one group pretest and post test design. The setting was selected school of urban area. The sample include high school girls, sampling technique was used non probability purposive sampling. The structured knowledge questionnaire was used to collect the data from sample. The pilot study was conducted with 6 samples. Reliability was established by split–half method. Data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. According to finding and analysis of data shows that, the pretest average score was 11.41. with standard deviation of 4.89. The posttest average score was 18.78 with standard deviation of 3.89. The test statistics value of paired t test was

11.62 with p value 0.00. The p value less than 0.05, hence reject the null hypothesis.

That means there is significant difference in pre and posttest knowledge.