Impact of Mindfulness on Anxiety and Well-being

By : Suchitra Roy Chowdhury

Page No: 275-286

Abstract
College students in the present times report feeling overwhelmed and stressed. The current study hence intends to explore whether mindfulness training help alleviate anxiety feelings in a non-clinical sample. Further, would mindfulness training also affect the well- being of the participants. Sixty high anxiety scorers (as measured by State Trait Anxiety scale by Speilberger et al., 1983) were selected for the study. The experimental group were given mindfulness meditation training for five months. A pre and most measure of anxiety was taken. All participants’ subjective well-being was also measured at the end of the study. Results indicated that participants in the experimental or treatment group experienced significant reduction in their anxiety (t (58) = 6.00, p<0.00l). Also the experimental group reported higher subjective well-being in comparison to the control group (t (58) = 2.12, p<0.05). The implications of the study is further discussed.

Author :
Suchitra Roy Chowdhury : Associate Professor, Mithibai College of Arts, Mumbai-400056, India.