IMPACT OF NATUROPATHY INTERVENTION PROGRAM ON ANXIETY AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

The 21st century is called the age of anxiety and stress. There is a lot of competition among parents about how well their kids do in school. The competition is linked to all parts of the world because science and technology are getting better. Especially in the school system, students are getting more and more competitive about their educations. To make it through this struggle, you need a helpful, stress-free background. This is necessary for academic success and for all-around better educational success. Students' academic success is affected by educational anxiety, which is a deliberate factor. In this study, the researcher tried to find out how the naturopathy intervention program affects elementary school students' anxiety and how well they do in school. The sample is made up of 50 seventh-grade elementary school students who were having anxiety. The sample was selected through random sampling technique. Data was collected with the help of the General Anxiety Tool for School Going Children (GASC 2020) developed by A. Kumar from elementary school students in Greater Noida, Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The results of the study reveal that male students had less academic anxiety than female students, as determined by an analysis of the collected data. The research found a significant correlation between anxiety and academic achievement. However, there was no significant difference between the anxiety levels of female and male students at elementary schools in Greater Noida, Gautam Buddh Nagar. This study provided statistical evidence for the existence of a strong link between academic achievement and anxiety among primary school children. It suggests that there is a need for school-based activities that focus on the overall development of students, as well as bringing them closer to nature and allowing the skills developed in them for dealing with stressful situations in school and life to reduce the anxiety associated with higher academic achievement expectations. Using naturopathy every day, along with a healthy diet, yoga, pranayama, and the right way to live, will help students feel less anxious and reach their academic goals. For anxiety and academic success, the implications of the findings for changing a toxic lifestyle into a healthy one was brought out.