Role of meditation in resilience and hope among students

CONTEXT: Rising stress levels for students in the current era due to challenges such as competition and pressure to succeed are a cause for concern. Resilience and hope are two powerful weapons in the fight against these stress-related issues. AIM: The study's objective was to explore the role of goal meditation on resilience and hope among students. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study participants comprised college students aged 22–24 years from Kanpur, U.P., India. The purposive sampling method was used to draw samples. A pre‒post study design was used to test the role of meditation in resilience and hope, for which post data were collected 6 months after the imposition of intervention. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: The Wilcoxon signed-rank test was employed to analyze data. RESULTS: Results indicated that resilience and hope increased in pre-and post-intervention measures, and there is a positive relationship between resilience and hope. CONCLUSION: Based on these results, it was inferred that goal meditation effectively enhances resilience and hope among students.