Effect of Mindfulness Practices on Anxiety and Attention Span: - A Questionnaire Based Study Among Undergraduate Students.

Abstract

This study aims to identify whether the use of mindfulness practice every day, creates a significant difference in anxiety and attention span of undergraduate students. Under mindfulness, two types of treatments were practiced namely Silence and Chanting ‘OM’. This experiment was conducted for twenty-one days; 15 minutes every day. The sample comprised of 31 boys & 39 girls. The research concluded that the use of mindfulness practices caused a general decrease in anxiety level and increase in attention span.