A Study of Relationship Between Stress and Mindfulness Among Teacher Trainees

Abstract

Human life gets perfection through education. Within the past few decades, it is seen that stress has become part & parcel of human life. It is observed that there has been an urge of interest in the investigation of mindfulness as a factor in reducing the stress level of teacher trainees. Teacher Trainees who have high levels of stress have reported difficulties with functioning on a daily basis, whether it be high anxiety due to classes or an increase in unhealthy habits like smoking or overeating. The present paper highlights the relationship between mindfulness and stress among teacher trainees. Studies have shown that those who practice mindfulness every day learn how to live by accepting the stresses in their lives (Vonderheyde, 2017). Mindfulness is keeping one’s consciousness into reality. Stress is defined as a state of psychological and physiological disparity between situational demand and the individual’s ability and motivation to meet those needs. The sample for the study consisted of 197 teacher trainees. It has been observed that teachers in pre-service training have been prone to stressful situations in life due to immense workload. Mindfulness plays a vital role in reducing the stress level in the students as earlier research studies have quoted. The scales used for data collection are Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale by Brown and Ryan, 2003 and Perceived Stress Scale by Sheldon Cohen, 1994. Convenient Sampling method under non-probability sampling techniques method was carried out for the present study. Descriptive and correlation methods were used for analyzing the collected data. It was found that there is a significant difference in stress and mindfulness.