ABSTRACT:
The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of Nature scooting in decreasing stress and increasing relaxation levels in working employee’s. sixty (60) working employee’s, TTD, Tirupati, Chitoor district, Andhra pradesh were collected data pre - test (60) and after Nature visiting training to conduct data on same working employee’s this is called post - test (60) to assess the working stress questionnaire and relaxation questionnaire, working stress scores measured pre test and post test were statistically compared, with significance level p<0.01 decrease working stress. Relaxation showed a significant p<0. 01 high increase in relaxation levels, Nature soothing thus proved effective increasing relaxation levels automatically decreased working stress on noticed working employee’s.
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Balaji Deekshitulu P.V. Impact of Nature on stress levels among working employees of TTD. Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. 2024;15(3):192-6. doi: 10.52711/2321-5828.2024.00029
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Balaji Deekshitulu P.V. Impact of Nature on stress levels among working employees of TTD. Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. 2024;15(3):192-6. doi: 10.52711/2321-5828.2024.00029 Available on: https://rjhssonline.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2024-15-3-4
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