The Effect of Selected Aspect of Garbha Sanskar on Stress, Coping Strategies and Wellbeing of Antenatal Mothers

Pregnancy is one of the wonderful gifts of God, imposed naturally to womanhood only. Purpose help antenatal mothers to practice garbha Sanskar during pregnancy. Objectives To assess the effect of GarbhaSanskar on stress, coping strategies and wellbeing of antenatal mothersMaterial and methods The research method adopted for the study was a quantitative research approach. The research design was a time series design. Non - probability convenient sampling method was used for the study. Data was collected from 200 Antenatal mothers who have completed 12 weeks gestation. Data collection tool included Self structured questionnaire Result - Garbhasanskar improved the physiological parameters of antenatal mothers significantly Comparison of stress scores in experimental and control groups - z-test was applied. In experimental group stress score is decresed12.5 in posttest1, 11.6 in posttest2, 11.4 in posttest3 and 10.2 in posttest4. In control group stress score is 22.2 in posttest1, 34.1 in posttest2, 37.3 in posttest3 and 40.5 in posttest4. The stress in experimental group decreased significantly faster as compared to that in control group. . Average coping score in pretest was 40.9 which increased to 54.6, 56.1, 57.1 and 61.3 in posttest1-posttest4 respectively. Corresponding p-values were of the order of 0.000, which were small (less than 0.05). Average wellbeing score in pretest was 15.9 which increased to 16.2, 17.1, 17.3 and 17.7 in posttest1-posttest4 respectively. Corresponding p-values were of the order of 0.000 for posttest2 onwards, which were small (less than 0.05 Conclusion -Garbhasanskar is significantly effective for reducing stress scores, coping and wellbeing of antenatal mothers improved significantly.