QUASI EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGN TO ASSESS THE EFFECT OF ACTIVITY THERAPY ON IMPROVING SELF ESTEEM AMONG WOMEN WITH MENTAL ILLENESSIN SELECTED REHABILITATION CENTER OF JALANDHAR, PUNJAB

Mental health is a level of psychological wellbeing, or an absence of mental disorder; it is the psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral adjustment”. Self- esteem refers to an individual's overall subjective evaluation of their own worth and feelings of acceptance or approval of oneself, It plays a crucial role in mental and emotional wellbeing of an individual. Many previous research indicated that lowered self- esteem frequently became an etiological factor in many psychiatric conditions. Activity therapy is a therapeutic recreation that improves quality of life . It is designed to address therapeutic goal. Self-esteem impacts on academic and career performance , overall happiness and life satisfaction, decision making , problem solving skills and social interactions. Present study was conducted on 50 samples in the selected rehabilitation center (Pingla ghar) of Jalandhar where knitting as an activity and a quantitative , single group pretest and posttest design is used where ROSENBERG'S SELF ESTEEM SCALE (RSES) is used.