Page No 191-199
Prasanth Puliyullathil and Satheesh Varma M
Chinmaya Vishwa Vidya Peeth University, Ernakulam, Kerala
In prevailing social scenario, Perceived Stress (PS) which is the psychological response
to stimuli, is a challenge to Sustainable Development Goals (SDG-3, Good Health and
Wellbeing) formulated by United Nations. As PS depends upon the perception of that
individual, the personality has a key role in coping of stress. Literature reviews and
target group study indicated that Indian Women are exposed to various stressors.
Spirituality is a belief of people that something divine beyond humane sensory
experience, exists. In present study, convergent parallel design was adopted and
purposive sampling done from 159 Indian Women as per power analysis across various
religions. Result indicated that lion share samples are exposed to PS and they believe
that spiritual practices relieve PS. Multiple Linear Regression model was formulated
with PS as the dependent variable and Spirituality Scale Score, Agreeableness,
Neuroticism and Conscientiousness personality factors as predictors and result indicated
high significance of the model. Further, as per qualitative study through sentiment
analysis, word cloud analysis and hierarchy analysis, spiritual practices are reducing
stress among Indian Women. Thus it can be conclude that spiritual practices across
various religions acts as a coping technique for Indian Women