Impact of Mindfulness in reducing Anxiety among young adults in urban population

Abstract

The prevalence of mental health concerns like anxiety and stress is rising among young adults worldwide. Mindfulness and meditation are being explored as methods to alleviate these challenges. Present study investigated the impact of ‘mindfulness videos’ on anxiety among young adult. 80 young adults (40 male, 40 female) with ages between 25 -30 years were selected from low to middle socio-economic background. People who were job holders (private job), at least graduate, unmarried were included. Data were collected from two workplaces and two videos (15 minutes) were chosen randomly for administering on the sample. Samples were divided in five groups randomly on the basis of availability of members in the respective workplace. To find out the impact of mindfulness on State anxiety of sample, pre-post-test research design was planned. Information Schedule and STAIwas administered before showing videos with the proper instruction to collect demographic details and Anxiety level. After showing the videos, only part B (SAI) was administered. On the basis of trait anxiety, two treatment groups (high level of trait anxiety and low to moderate level of Trait anxiety) were formed from each group of samples (male and female). For statistical analysis descriptive statistics were used. Findings indicate that mindfulness was effective for both genders though males and female with high trait anxiety were poorly affected by the intervention to manage their state anxiety level.

DOI - https://doi.org/10.65525/SVUP.9788198800459.2025.167-172