A Study of Changes in Perceived Stress Following an 8 week Mindfulness intervention (Mindful Life Management)
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 5
Abstract
Stress has been described as a disease of the 21st century. The current pilot research was an attempt to study the effect of Mindful Life Management, a Mindfulness Based Intervention on perceived stress among a group of healthy volunteers The 10 study participants were volunteers who enrolled for the 8 week MLM program. The main tools used for the study were a specially prepared semi-structured proforma for collecting the socio-demographic data, Mini Mental Status Examination (MMSE), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ). Each facet in FFMQ significantly varied in their mean score before and after MLM training and self- practice. Highest changes were observed in Non- Judgment and Awareness. A significant correlation was established in each facet and Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire Score as a whole with Perceived Stress. The paired differences of PSS between means was significant at a p value <.003. The paired difference of means of each facet in FFMQ and FFMQ score as a whole is significant at a p value <.003. The study proved that MLM is definitely an intervention which can be tried in general population who are pestered with stress of daily living.
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Sivasubramoney K, Lekshmy K, Sharika Menon
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