The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of mindfulness meditation practices on concentration ability among school children. To achieve the purpose of the study thirty primary school children were selected from Thanjavur, Tamilnadu, India during the year 2021. The subject’s age ranges from 14 to 16 years. The selected students were divided into two equal groups consists of 15 subjects each namely experimental group and control group. The experimental group underwent a mindfulness mediation programme for six weeks. The control group was not taking part in any training during the course of the study. Concentration ability was taken as criterion variable in this study. The selected subjects were tested on concentration ability was measured through concentration cognitive assessment (CAB-AT) questionnaire. Pre-test was taken before the training period and posttest was measured immediately after the six week training period. Statistical technique ratio was used to analyse the means of the pre-test and post test data of experimental group and control group. The results revealed that there was a significant difference found on the criterion variable. The difference is found due to mindfulness mediation given to the experimental group on concentration ability when compared to control group.
Key words: Mindfulness mediation, Concentration ability and ‘t’ ratio.
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