*Professor, Head, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Dayalbagh Educational Institute Agra, U.P. – 282005, India
**Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, U.P. – 282005, India
Online published on 7 September, 2012.
To study the effect of Prayer and Meditation on Galvanic Skin Response (GSR).
It is based on a study of 20 students selected from psychology department of Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, in the age range of 18-24years(Mean= 18.7, SD= 1.55) through purposive sampling technique. The daily practice time of Prayer and Meditation session was 30 minutes for 3 days. Pre- Post data was recorded before and after intervention of Prayer and Meditation session by using single group pre-post research design.
The results showed a significant increase in GSR values of individual subjects as an effect of prayer and meditation. Practicing Prayer and Meditation increases the Galvanic Skin Response and hence decreases the stress level of the individual.
Galvanic Skin Response, Prayer, Meditation
