Effect of Dispositional Mindfulness on Perceived Stress Scores of Engineering Students: An Empirical Study Lal Ranju1, Pathak Pramod2, Chaturvedi K. R.3, Talukdar Payel4,* 1Research Scholar, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, Jharkhand 2Head, Department of Management, IIT (ISM), Dhanbad, Jharkhand 3Head, Department of Management Studies, KIET, Ghaziabad, U.P. 4Assistant Professor, Psychiatry Department, NRS Medical College, Kolkata *Corresponding Author: Dr Payel Talukdar, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry Department, NRS Medical College, 136 AJC Bose Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, Pin-700014, Email: drpayeltalukdar@gmail.com
Online published on 21 February, 2019. Abstract The primary purpose of this paper is to study the relationship and effect of meditation on stress among engineering students along with the inclusion of suggestion related to mindfulness meditation practices techniques was a secondary purpose. A purposive random selection of 100 students in which 50 students were aware and practicing meditation to cope with stress on a daily basis and 50 students were not practicing any kind of meditation. Perceived Stress scale [PSS] and Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale [MAAS] was administered on both the groups of students. Collected data was analyzed using SPSS version 20 in order to numerically understand the relationship between Dispositional Mindfulness and Perceived Stress level. Study showed significant decreases in stress perception level among those students who are practicing meditations and high level of stress perception level among those who are not practicing any techniques to cope with stress respectively. Overall, meditation in any form, be it Mindfulness, promise in reducing stress among college students. Top Keywords Mindfulness, Mindfulness-techniques, Stress, College-students. Top |