Open AccessEffect of Mindfulness Meditation Practices on Students’ Behavior Change in Secondary Schools in Trashigang District, Bhutan
Author(s) -
Namgyal Tshering
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asian journal of education and social studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2581-6268
DOI - 10.9734/ajess/2021/v20i130476
Subject(s) - meditation , mindfulness , psychology , mindfulness meditation , descriptive statistics , qualitative property , qualitative research , clinical psychology , social science , geography , sociology , statistics , mathematics , archaeology
This research primarily focused on mindfulness meditation affecting students’ behaviour change in secondary schools, Trashigang district, Bhutan. The objectives of the research were to study the levels of students’ mindfulness meditation practice, to identify students’ behaviour change, and to examine mindfulness meditation practice affecting students’ behaviour change in secondary schools in Trashigang, Bhutan.
The study administered questionnaires on mindfulness meditation and behaviour change to 367 students in two higher secondary schools and interviewed two students and two teachers in May 2013. The quantitative data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, while qualitative data were analysed by content analysis.