FIVE FACET MINDFULNESS AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Mindfulness exercises are the form of meditation exercises which include mindful- breathing, eating, listening, walking, body scan and observation. If someone is fully aware of surroundings then one can easily control his thoughts and thus can avoid distractions and ultimately enhance learning and increase one's attention. OBJECTIVES: To assess the ve facet mindfulness among the undergraduate students. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A descriptive study was conducted at National Institute of Nursing Education, PGIMER, Chandigarh on assessment of ve facet mindfulness among undergraduate students. Total enumeration sampling technique was used in this study. Total 88 undergraduate nursing students were taken. Data collection was done using Questionnaires which includes Socio demographic prole of students and Fifteen Item Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ). RESULTS: Results were analyzed by using SPSS Version 21.0. The total mean score of FFMQ was 43.70 showing that students have average Five Facet Mindfulness. In different facets of mindfulness students had 10.81 mean score in observing items, 9.13 mean score in describing items, 6.96 mean score in acting with awareness, 9.90 mean score in non judging items and 9.51 mean score in non reactivity items. SUMMARY: It was concluded that students had an overall average ve facet mindfulness but needed to improve in acting with awareness domain.