To assess the effectiveness of aerobic dance movement therapy on anxiety level among adolescent girls in selected School at Tiruvannamalai

Adolescent period is not an age of problems and frustrations, in most of them it is golden age of adventure, romance and creativity. It is the period in life when an individual is having time, energy, creativity and a spirit of trying new things. It is understandable that the occurrence of various psychosocial stressors during the transition from the adolescent to childhood is inevitable. Objectives are to assess the pre-test & post-test level of anxiety among adolescent girls in the Experimental group and control group, to evaluate the effectiveness of aerobic dance movement therapy on anxiety among adolescent girls in experimental group and to associate the post-test anxiety levels of adolescent girls in the experimental Group with their selected demographic variable. The Research design adopted was quasi experimental design. The tool adopted for the study is standardized State trait anxiety scale. The analysis revealed that the analysis of pre and post test score of anxiety of adolescent girls were evaluated and showed that the score of anxiety in post- test is reduced than the scores in pre- test of anxiety. the aerobic dance movement therapy is effective non - pharmacological therapy for reduction of anxiety.