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Paper Title
Achluophobia and Gender- A Case Study on Government High School Students, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Authors
  Sankara Pitchaiah Podila,  Nazia Sultana
Abstract
Achluophobia is one type of specific phobia. It is a fear of darkness. The present study was carried out to know the degree of Achluophobia among 8th to 10th Government high school students. The response was taken from 2743 students (Male: 1589 Female: 1154). The study found that 23.41% of male students expressed the phobia and it is 30.06% in the case of female. Comparatively, high percentage of female students have Achluophobia than male. Some of the useful treatment methods are Homeopathy, Exposure based therapy, Cognitive therapy and Relaxation techniques.
Keywords- Achluophobia, treatment, male and female, high school students
Publication Details
Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1901038Page Number(s) - 209-214Pubished in - Volume 7 | Issue 1 | February 2019DOI (Digital Object Identifier) -    Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)
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  Sankara Pitchaiah Podila,  Nazia Sultana,   "Achluophobia and Gender- A Case Study on Government High School Students, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.7, Issue 1, pp.209-214, February 2019, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1901038.pdf
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