Well-being and Stress Management among Hospitality Students: A Mindfulness Perspective
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https://doi.org/10.29070/etwver92Keywords:
Stress management, Mindfulness, Hospitality students, Emotional , Well-beingAbstract
Hospitality based education is recognized for its dynamic and practice-oriented nature where the students are required to have a right balance between academics and intense practice training apart from this there is a need for high level of interpersonal interactions. Even though this provides the right platform for the student to develop the required industry ready skills it also puts the student under immense pressure. This in turn affects the mental and emotional well-being of the student. Keeping this in view the current research aims to understand the role of stress management among hospitality students with reference to the concept of mindfulness using secondary data.
This research has been undertaken on the basis of the qualitative method with the reference to the review of recent literature published between 2020 and 2025. Based on the findings of the literature review, it can be concluded that the students of hospitality face immense pressure and stress with the reference to various factors. One such factor is emotional labor, which has an impact on the students. The students need to maintain high level of emotional control with the reference to the interactions with the hotel guests.
In this context, the present research has been based on the application of the concept of mindfulness to understand the role of stress management in the context of the student population. Based on the findings it can be concluded that the application of mindful breathing techniques, meditation and awareness helps the student population to maintain high level of emotional control. This also helps in the reduction of anxiety and to enhance the level of academic performance.
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