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

Abstract

Stress is one of the common problem among students of higher education institutes, it affects health
and academic performance as well. Mindful meditation is one of the useful strategy to reduce stress and
improves health and academic performance among young population. The objective of the study is assess
the effectiveness of mindful meditation on health and academic adjustment problems among 1st year B Sc
Nursing students in selected nursing colleges of Pune city. The research design adopted for this study preexperimental, pre-test post-test design. The study was conducted at selected nursing schools of Pune. Total
60 students selected by purposive sampling. The data collected were analysed by descriptive and inferential
statistics. The result showed that there are multiple health problems student faces during their first year of
college life. The stress which occurs in early academic life causes low academic performances. Mindful
meditation found effective on health and academic performances during early academic life hence college
should exercise mindful meditation during their induction and orientation period.