Effectiveness of Mindfulness Meditation on Coping with Stress among Teenagers in Child Development Centre at Perinbapuram in Kanyakumari District

“A Quasi experimental study to assess the Effectiveness of Mindfulness Meditation on coping with stress among teenagers in Child Development Centre at Perinbapuram in Kanyakumari District” was done by Mrs.A.Wisemin Blesso, as a partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Science in Nursing at Sri. K. Ramachandran Naidu College of nursing, Thirunelveli under the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R medical university, Chennai during the year of May 2012. OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the pre-test level of coping with stress amongteenagers in experimental groupandcontrol group. 2. To find out the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation to coping with stressamongteenagersin experimental and control group. 3. To compare the pre test and post-test level of coping with stress among experimental group. 4. To associate the post-test level of coping with stress among teenagers in experimental group and control group with their selected demographic variables. HYPOTHESES: All hypotheses were tested at .05 level. H1:-The mean post test level of coping with stress among teenagers in experimental group was higher than their mean post test level of coping with stress among teenagers in control group. H2:-The mean post test level of coping with stress among teenagers in experimental group was higher than the mean pre test level of coping with stress among teenagers in experimental group. H3:-There was a significant association between the post-test level of coping with stress among teenagersin experimental group and control group with their selected demographic variables. The study was based on Roy’s Adaptation Theory. The quantitative approach was used in this study. The study was conducted in Child Development Centre, Perinbapuram at Kanyakumari District. The design adopted for this study was quasi experimental pre test and post test control group design to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation on coping with stress among teenagers.The convenience sampling technique was used to select 30 samples for experimental group and 30 samples for control group. The data collection tool used for the study was the Dr George Everly Coping with Stress Assessment Scale. The content validity of the tool was obtained from five clinical experts. Pilot study was conducted to find out the feasibility of the study and to plan for data analysis. Data collection was done and the data obtained were analysed in both in terms of descriptive and inferential statistics. THE MAJOR FINDINGS OF THE STUDY: 1. The mean post test level of coping with stress among teenagers in experimental group was higher than their mean post test level of coping with stress among teenagers in control group (t=7.33, p<0.05). 2. The mean post test level of coping with stress among teenagers in experimental group was higher than the mean pre test level of coping with stress among teenagers in experimental group (t=2.21, p<0.05). 3. There was a significant association between the post-test level of coping with stress among teenagers in experimental group and control group with their selected demographic variables (p