Vipassana Meditation: A Way to Improving Life Style Among Cancer Patients

By : P. K. Mona, Himani Anand

Page No: 11-21

Abstract
The present study was conducted to study the effect of Vipassana Meditation in improving Life Style among cancer patients. A sample of 30 subjects in the age range of 40-50 years was selected. Subjects were categorized into two Groups (Experimental Group and Control Group), 15 subjects in each group. Cancer patients were included in both the groups. For measuring Life Style, a tool constructed by Das and Chaudhary (2010) was used. Pre- Post data was compared with the help of Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test. A significant difference was found between the pre and post scores of life style in experimental group (Z =3.41, p< .01) in comparison to the control group (Z =1.88). Further, result shows the significant improvement in different dimensions of life style in experimental group whereas no significant improvement was observed in control group. Practicing Vipassana Meditation is a right way of living, in illness and in health.

Author :
Himani Anand : Post-Doctoral Fellow (UGC) – Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Dayalbagh, Agra.
P. K. Mona : Head – Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Dayalbagh, Agra.