摘要：The study was to compare the effect of unstructured meditation training programme on psychosomatic symptoms. For the study, subjects were selected in two stages, initially 150 subjects were selected randomly from Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education and Sports Sciences comprising of 94 males and 56 females, aged ranging from 17 to 25 years studying in different courses of study. In the second phase, out of primarily selected 150 subjects, only 30 students were short listed for final analysis, those who have scored higher on Cornell's Medical Index Health Questionnaire (CMIHQ) were selected as subjects for the study. From these 30 subjects 10 each were randomly distributed into 3 groups: ten subjects were allotted group i.e. controlled group, and two was allotted treatment group 1(structured group), and treatment group 2(unstructured group). The results presented in table 1 indicate that the calculated 't' value was obtained 3.36 which significantly is more than the tabulated 't' value of 2.262 at .05 level of significance with 9 degrees of freedom, table 2 indicates that the calculated 't' value was obtained 1.45 which significantly is less than the tabulated 't' value of 2.262 at .05 level of significance with 9 degrees of freedom and table 3 indicates that the calculated 't' value was obtained 6.77 which is more than the tabulated 't' value of 2.262 at .05 level of significance with 9 degrees of freedom, this indicates favorable effect of meditation exercises on the experimental group in reducing their physical, psychological and total distress. In the light of the findings, it was concluded that the significant difference was observed in athlete's physical, psychological and total distress.
