Acrophobia and Gender - A Case Study on Government High School Students, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Authors

  • Sankara Pitchaiah Podila  Department of Geology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org//10.32628/IJSRST196135

Keywords:

Acrophobia, Treatment, Male and Female, High School Students

Abstract

Acrophobia is a an irrational fear of heights. The phobia is classified by space and motion discomfort, this fear has many root causes and can be severe in its intensity. The present study was carried out to know the degree of the acrophobia among 8th to 10th Government high school students. The response was taken from 2743 students (Male: 1589. Female: 1154). The study found that out of the total male students, 21.63% students expressed the phobia and it is 16.99% in the case of female. Comparatively, high percentage of male students has acrophobia than female students in all the classes. Homeopathy, Exposure based therapy, Cognitive therapy and Relaxation techniques are some of the useful treatment methods.

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2019-02-28

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Sankara Pitchaiah Podila, " Acrophobia and Gender - A Case Study on Government High School Students, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 6, Issue 1, pp.219-226, January-February-2019. Available at doi : https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRST196135