IMPACT OF INVOLVEMENT IN THE TAPOVAN CENTRE ON THE MINDFULNESS OF PREGNANT WOMEN

Abstract

Purpose

Pregnancy is a special stage in a woman's life. Pregnancy and childbirth are the most exciting and stressful experiences of a woman's life. During the nine months of pregnancy, women go through many physical, mental, and emotional ups and downs. Therefore, it is not necessary, but very necessary, to maintain the mindfulness of pregnant women in this state. Therefore, the aim of the present research was to study the involvement of pregnant women in Tapovan centers and the impact of the area on their mindfulness.

Methods

This research was ex post facto type of research. In which 120 pregnant women were selected through a Probability Purposive Sampling Technique. The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale developed by Brown and Ryan (2003) was used for data collection. The Gujarati standardisation was done by Dr. A. N. Prajapati and Dharti N. Gajjar. The 'f-test' has been used to statistically analyse the data.

Finding

 At the end of the present study, it was found that the pregnant women who were involved in the Tapovan Centre had an increase in mindfulness compared to the not involved pregnant women. While no significant difference was observed in terms of area.