Year: 2024 | Month: April-June | Volume: 8 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 42-47
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/gijash.20240206
Evaluate The Effectiveness of Mindful Meditation on Stress Reduction Among High School Teachers Working in Selected High Schools of Hubballi
Kumari Deepa Mahalik1, Anilkumar Jarali2
1,2M.Sc. (N), Associate Professor, KLES Institute of Nursing Sciences, Hubballi,
Corresponding Author: Kumari Deepa Mahalik
ABSTRACT
Background of the study: stress is a critical issue in the educational field today. The effects of teacher stress are well documented in the literature. High stress levels impact teacher well-being and classroom climate. A wide body of research literature has documented the benefits of mindful meditation practices, which include stress reduction, slower reactivity to potentially stressful events, better awareness, clarity of mind and relaxation. Mindful meditation intervention for teachers shows promise for increasing positive classroom climate and decreasing teacher stress. Mindful meditation could serve to help teachers and others to reduce their stress through the improvement of their stress management skills.
Objectives: To assess the level of stress among the high school teachers before the practice of mindful meditation by perceived stress scale. To assess the effectiveness of mindful meditation on stress reduction among high school teachers. To find out the association between the level of stress with their selected socio demographic variables.
Methodology: An evaluative study was conducted among 50 high school teachers working at KLES’ M. R. Sakhare English medium school. Hubballi. Samples were selected using probability simple random sampling technique. Pre-experimental; one group pre-test, post-test research design was used for the study. Data was collected by modified perceived stress scale. Data analysis was done using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: Overall result of the study revealed that out of 50 subjects, all of them in the pre-test 50 (100%) had moderate stress. In post-test, 17 (34%) had low level stress, 33 (66%) had moderate stress. The calculated paired ‘t’ (t Cal = 9.95) was greater than the tabulated value (t tab = 2.0096). Hence, H1 was accepted. This indicates that the reduction in level of stress was statistically significant at 0.05 level of significance. Therefore, the mindful meditation program was effective to reduce the stress level of subjects. There was no statistical association between pretest stress scores of subjects with their socio demographic variables
Conclusion: The study concluded that, the teachers are in sort of stress and mindful meditation training holds promise for the improvement of teaching and learning in schools by assisting teachers in managing job stress and feelings of burnout more effectively.
Keywords: Stress, Mindful meditation, High school teachers, Perceived stress scale.
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