A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Mindful Meditation on Health and Psychological Adjustment Faced by Nursing Students in Selected Colleges of Pune City

Abstract

Nursing students experiences more stress in their early academic period. Psychological adjustment becomes
difficult for them due to many challenges. It is assumed that mindful meditation will helpful for them to
cope up with adjustment problems. A study to assess the effectiveness of mindful meditation on health
and psychological adjustment faced by first year B.Sc nursing students in selected nursing college of Pune
city. Purpose of the study to assess the level of health and psychological adjustment and evaluation of
mindful meditation on their adjustment. Pre-experimental study was conducted to find out the adjustment
problems. The research design was one group pre-test post-test experimental design. The sample size was
40. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the students. The result showed that first year B Sc
Nursing students faces multiple adjustment problems related to their health and psychological adjustments.
Mindful Meditation in early academic life was proved very useful in adjusting the new world of academic
environment.