Abstract
The present study is designed to compare two different types of meditations ie Mindfulness meditation (MBSRP) and Sufi meditation(SM) in the treatment
of neurotic anxiety among the female population, comprised of 200
participants upon whom Hamilton Anxiety Scale was administered. Based on
their scores on HAS two groups of subjects each comprising of 50 subjects
with high anxiety and 50 with low anxiety scores (N=100) were retained in the
final study. Each group was further bifurcated resulting into four subgroups
wherein, 25 (n=25) subjects derived from the high anxiety group (n=50) were
randomly assigned to SM while remaining 25(n=25) subjects having high
anxiety randomly assigned to MM group. The same procedure was adopted
with low anxiety group. After completing the prescribed meditation Pre and
Posttest measures on HAS for both groups were analyzed statistically through
SPSS. The results show that MM group has higher mean on HAS as compared
to SM group. The mean difference is 18.88 which is statistically significant at
p< .001. Results accordingly depict SM as more effective in lowering anxiety,
apparently because it matches the belief system of the Muslim population,
providing a new avenue for future research.
