Title

Effect of resilience training interventions on salivary cortisol and perceived stress among Indian school students

Authors

Jamunarani Perumalsamy¹, Santhi Subramaniam^2,*, Jeevithan Shanmugam³ & Umapathy Pasupathy⁴

Affiliation

¹Department of Psychiatric Nursing, KMCH College of Nursing, Coimbatore - 641048, Tamilnadu, India; ²Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (Deemed to be University) Porur, Chennai - 600116, Tamilnadu, India; ³Department of Community Medicine, KMCH Institute of Health Sciences and Research, Coimbatore - 641014, Tamilnadu, India; ⁴Department of Pediatric Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (DU), Porur, Chennai - 600116, Tamilnadu, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Jamunarani Perumalsamy - E - mail: jamunarani@kmchcon.ac.in; jamunakumar2009@gmail.com
Santhi Subramaniam - E - mail: santhi11051968@gmail.com
Jeevithan Shanmugam - E - mail: dr.jeevithan@gmail.com
Umapathy Pasupathy - E - mail: umapathy.p@sriramachandra.edu.in

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received February 1, 2025; Revised February 28, 2025; Accepted February 28, 2025, Published February 28, 2025

Abstract

Adolescents face significant stress, impacting their psychological and physiological health. Resilience training can enhance coping skills and reduce stress. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate the effect of resilience training on salivary cortisol levels and perceived stress among Indian school students. Hence, a true experimental pre-test and post-test control group design was conducted with 9th-grade students in Coimbatore, India. The pilot study group underwent an 8-session resilience training intervention. Salivary cortisol and perceived stress were measured by pre- and post-intervention using standardized tools. The study group showed significant reductions in salivary cortisol (mean difference = 0.09; p = 0.05) and perceived stress (mean difference = 10.40; p = 0.001). A positive correlation (r = 0.28; p = 0.05) was observed between cortisol reduction and stress reduction. Thus, resilience training effectively reduces stress and salivary cortisol levels for adolescents.

Keywords

Adolescents, resilience training, salivary cortisol, perceived stress

Citation

Perumalsamy et al. Bioinformation 21(2): 177-180 (2025)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.