Stress management: Five-finger hypnosis reduces stress for early childhood education teachers

The task of a teacher is not easy. The responsibility of educating his students is a big responsibility. The duties and demands of the world of education make teachers feel heavy in carrying out the mandate of students' parents. Teachers also have responsibilities to their families at home. The problems faced by Early Childhood Education teachers are especially in educating character as expected. Teachers experience stress in educating students and doing school administrative tasks. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of five-finger hypnosis stress management on the stress score of Early Childhood Education teachers in the school environment. This study uses a quasi-experimental research design in the form of One Group Pretest and Post-test Design. The sample in this study is Early Childhood Education teachers with a sample of 15 people. The instrument used DASS-21. Statistical tests use the Wilcoxon Test. As a result, there was an effect of five-finger hypnosis stress management to reduce the stress score faced by teachers (p-value 0.005). Five-finger hypnosis interventions can be easily implemented by teachers to reduce stress.