An Experimental Study To Evaluate The Effectiveness Of Meditation On Reduction Of Examination Stress Among 10th Class Students In Selected School Of Kanpur, Up

Abstract

Examination stress is a non-specified stress that has been generated when the expectations of the parents, oneself is an ultimate goal for the students and Meditation is the technique that is proved to be successfully reducing the stress of an individual. Meditation leads to the deepest state relaxation and tranquilize the mind of a person. The objectives of the study were to assess the level of examination stress to determine the effectiveness of the Meditation on reduction of examination stress and find the association of pre-test level of examination stress with their selected demographic variables. A quasi experimental one group pre-test post-test research design was adopted by the investigator among 60 10th class students from selected school of Kanpur, U.P. by using a non-probability purposive sampling technique. Structured Academic Stress Scale was used to assess the examination stress in students and effectiveness of meditation on stress reduction. The results of the study shown that the pre-test mean score (63.2) is higher than the post-test mean score (53.2) of level of examination stress. The calculated ‘t’ value (6.9) was greater than the tabulated value at 0.05 level of significance, that denotes the significant difference between pre-test and the post-test level of examination stress. The chi-square test which drawn the result that there was no significant association between the level of examination stress of 10th class students with their selected demographic variables.