A descriptive study to assess knowledge regarding yoga &meditation and its effects on mental health among nursing students in selected college , Kanpur up.
Hina Parveen, Prarthana Mahapatra, Adarsh Kumar, Niladri Deb
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research September 25, 2025 DOI: 10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i05.56272 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Descriptive survey Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 100 |
| Population | Nursing students at a selected college in Kanpur (Bhawanipur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh) |
| Measures | self-structured knowledge questionnaire (30 questions) |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Education |
| Key findings | The work describes a plan to assess nursing students' knowledge of yoga and meditation and its effects using a 30-item self-structured questionnaire, with the stated aim of developing and distributing an informational pamphlet. No knowledge scores, findings, or conclusions are reported in the available text. |
Abstract
Yoga &Meditation is the basic spiritual practice for quieting the mind and getting in touch with our deeper self, the spirit. Yoga &Meditation provides a deeper appreciation of the interrelatedness of all things and the part each person plays. . Meditation enhances your insight, reveals your true nature, and brings your inner peace. Yoga &Meditation has a long history of use for increasing calmness and physical relaxation improving psychological balance, coping with illness, and enhancing overall health and wellbeing. Keeping this in view researcher justified the need to assess knowledge of meditation and its effects on physiotherapy students with view to develop and distribute pamphlet on meditation. A quantitative research approach and descriptive research design was used to research settingwas in selected college Kanpur (bhawanipurKanpur UP) total 100 nursing students were selected with purposive sampling technique. Written consent was taken from the nursing students who were selected as sample. Self-structured knowledge questionnaire containing 30 questions was used to evaluate the knowledge of yoga &meditation and its effects regarding meditation.
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| Mindfulness and self-compassion as predictors of psychological wellbeing in long-term meditators and matched nonmeditators Experienced meditators and demographically matched nonmeditators | 2012 | Cross-sectional study | n = 152 |
| Mechanisms of Action in the Inverse Relationship Between Mindfulness and Psychological Distress Undergraduates | 2008 | Cross-sectional, correlational |