Page No.443-450
Shivani R. Joshi, Kamayani Mathur
Gujarat University, Ahmedabad
Anita Manglani
SGT University, Gurugram
Eudaimonic model of well-being emphasis on attainment of human potentials through
self-knowledge and self-realization. And both of these aspects are found to be very
helpful in acknowledging and accepting the loss of a loved one. The present study is
aimed to examine and compare the scores of Eudaimonic Well-being among Bereaved
Training and Non-training groups. Furthermore, to determine the influence of Mindfulness
Meditation Training, pre-and post-test scores were analyzed for Bereaved Training group.
The sample was collected using Purposive Sampling technique, comprising of 60
bereaved individuals (2 equal groups of 30 each) from various cities of Gujarat State.
The psychometric tool utilized for data collection was Questionnaire for Eudaimonic
Well-being (QEWB) (Alan S et al., 2010). To obtain the pre-and post-test scores, 21-
days of Mindfulness Meditation Training was administered. To compare the Bereaved
training and non-training groups, t-test for independent two- sample was computed. To
measure the impact of Mindfulness Meditation Training and to compare the pre-and
post-test scores, Paired t-test was applied. The results showed that there was a
statistically significant difference between Bereaved training and non-training groups at
0.05 level of significance, where Training group showed higher Eudaimonic Well-being
than the non-training group. Similarly, there was a statistically significant difference
between pre-and post-test scores at 0.01 level of significance, where it can be stated
that Mindfulness Meditation Training proved to be effective in increasing the Eudaimonic
Well-being, post training
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