Meditation's Effects on Stress and Well-being in College Students

This report analyzes the impact of meditation on college students' well-being, drawing insights from a specific article. The study highlights how meditation can reduce stress, enhance mindfulness, and improve psychological health among students. The report discusses the methodology, which involved a study with undergraduate students, and emphasizes the positive effects of meditation on compassion, mindfulness, and overall life satisfaction. The author's analysis also acknowledges the limitations of the original research, such as the small sample size, and suggests avenues for further investigation, including exploring the impact of meditation on diverse student populations. The report emphasizes the role of meditation in fostering emotional exploration and self-actualization, making it a valuable practice for students navigating the pressures of higher education.

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English College Writing

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1st paragraph: Introducing the topic
The topic and the article that has been taken into consideration for carrying out this study is
"An examination of the impact of a college level. The topic is all about competing pressures
with regards to the college life that tends to enhance the anxiety and stress in the college
students and have negative results on the overall well-being as well as the academic
performance.
Thesis statement- Meditation can impact directly to the well-being of the students in a
positive manner in their stressful lifestyles.
The main purpose of the assignment is to examine how the authors have shown the benefits
of meditation. Furthermore, the study will also highlight meditation as one of the strongest
components for the higher education students as it is beneficial in establishing the credibility
of this practice in higher education institutions.
2nd paragraph: Summary of the target article
The article clearly highlighted that the students become much more compassionate and
mindful as well as they also experienced psychological well-being from practicing
meditation. The qualitative analysis of the study also revealed that mediation has the power
of exploring the emotional states that tend to support the self-actualization process and
enhance the well-being of college students to a great extent. The higher educational system is
quite stressful as known by everyone so beating the stress naturally meditation can be quite
useful. These stressors are regarded as the demon with regards to negatively affecting the
well-being of the students and influencing their productivity in their personal lives, schools,
and etcetera. Hence, it is an absolute necessity for the universities for assisting their students
in their proper journey to their adulthood. By exploring the emotions and mind of the

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student's meditation has the ability to facilitate exploration of the emotional states that
support the self-actualization process. On the other hand, there is also strong evidence that
suggested from the long-term meditation the trait changes can include a deepened awareness
with regards to the sensory field and also a shift in the relationship to feelings, thoughts as
well as experience to self.
The students stated that they felt much more forgiving, compassionate, connected as well as
empathetic towards everyone because of meditation. By the process of meditation, students
become much more mindful in their lives, which in return enhanced their ability for growing
mindful towards other individuals.
3rd paragraph: interpretation of the target article
The author has covered the subject of stress with regards to meditation in an excellent
manner. A study had been conducted in order to prove the author's point that meditation is
actually one of the best mediums for the students for managing and coping up with their
stress. The study included 28 participants who were undergraduates in the Midwestern
University. The results of the data gathered from the students highlighted that mediation was
a life saver element for them in terms of impacting the way they see their life as well as
relationships with others in 3 of the main areas such as compassion, mindfulness, as well as
psychological well-being.
However, there are some of the limitations detected in this article with regards to the area that
would interest the reader is that it relied on a homogenous and small sample. More research is
needed for exploring the effect of meditation on the students differing in gender, age, social
class as well as ethnicity (Crowley).

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In terms of further developing this topic, I will avoid choosing a small and homogenous
sample. I would also like to explore the impact of meditation on the students differing on
ethnicity, gender, and etcetera so that the research is not at all focused on the general
population.

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Works Cited
Crowley, Claire, and Dana Munk. "An examination of the impact of a college level
meditation course on college student well being." College Student Journal 51.1
(2017): 91-98.