Indian Journal of Positive Psychology

Jaishree Jain ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, IN

Abstract

This research was conducted to investigate the clinical effects of a 10 days Preksha meditation samples consisted of 20 male and female between 20-50 years (16 females, 4 males, mean age=38.29 years) qualified for the study and completed the baseline measurements. Participants mediated daily for 10 days. Psychological instruments were completed at baseline. A pre and post design was used for the study. Results of a mixed-effects model with Pair-Wise comparisons indicated significant decreases in several psychopathological variables such as anxiety, depression, aggression and enhancement in optimism. Thus this study showed that Preksha meditation can be used as psychotherapeutic intervention for a multitude of clinical issues.

Keywords

Preksha Meditation, Anxiety, Depression, Optimism, Aggression.

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Jaishree Jain ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, IN

Abstract

The present study investigates the effect of Mindfulness practice on behavioral problems in adults. For this purpose, model adjusts for the correlation between repeated observations on the same participants before and after mindfulness and allow for the inclusion of the participants with the missing data. Pair vise data will be referred to as "mindfulness effect".Pre-test and Post-test Mean, Standard deviation, Standard error, coefficient of correlation and t-test will be computed on measures of behavioral problems. Adult Self Report (ASR), a behavioral check list developed by Achenbach and Rescorla (2003) was used to assess behavioral problems in the sample n=50, age range (20 to 50 years). Results indicated significant difference in pre and post measures. Further, after Mindfulness behavioral problems were found to be significantly low on measures by the ASR such as Anxious-depressed, withdrawn, somatic complaints, thought problems, attention problems, aggressive behavior, rule breaking behavior, intrusive, internalizing, externalizing and total problems. The findings of this study indicate the role of Mindfulness in nurturing a resilient factor against emotional and behavioral problems.

Keywords

Mindfulness, Behavioral Problems, Youth and Adults.

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