Divya Gireesh* and Rashmi A Bapat

Department of Women’s Health, India

*Corresponding Author: Divya Gireesh, Department of Women’s Health, India.

Received: January 29, 2024; Published: July 24, 2024

Abstract

This study is aimed to investigate effects of A-U-M chanting on perceived stress, state anxiety and trait anxiety on a sample of working professionals. The study employed a pretest-posttest design with a control group. Participants were divided into two group (Intervention and Control group) based on convenience sampling. The intervention group were engaged in one month A-U-M chanting intervention whereas the participants from control group followed daily regular routine. Measurements of perceived stress, state anxiety and trait anxiety were measured before and after the intervention period for both intervention and control group. The findings revealed a significant reduction in perceived stress, trait anxiety and state anxiety in the intervention group compared to the control group. These results suggest that A-U-M chanting can be an effective practice for stress and anxiety reduction in working professionals.

Keywords: A-U-M Chanting; Stress; Anxiety; Mantra Chanting; Working Professionals

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Citation

Citation: Divya Gireesh and Rashmi A Bapat. “The Study of the Efficacy of One Month A-U-M Chanting on Stress and Anxiety for Working Professionals".Acta Scientific Women's Health 6.8 (2024): 28-32.

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Copyright: © 2024 Divya Gireesh and Rashmi A Bapat. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.