Role of meditation on general wellbeing of females

Abstract

Meditation is a type of inward concentration that allows to focus on own senses, step back from thoughts and feeling, and perceive each moment as a unique event. In this study role of meditation on general wellbeing of female was examine. The study was conducted on 60 females (age range- 25 to 50) – 30 rural and 30 urban of Gopalganj district. Subjects were randomly divided into two group – control group and experimental group. Experiment group underwent meditation for 45 days (15 min daily). Test was performed on both groups after experiment. ‘General Wellbeing Measure’ developed and standardized by Verma, S.K. and Verma, A. (2009) was used to measure general wellbeing of females. The obtained data was statistically analyzed by using t-test. Result shows that there is a significant difference between general wellbeing scores of experiment group and control group. Insignificant difference was found between urban and rural females on their general wellbeing. Study indicates that meditation is beneficial technique to improve the general well-being of females.