Abstract Stress is a part of life and everyone experiences stress daily, but people may differ in their level of stress experience, and it may range from mild to severe. It can be evaluated as potentially harmful, uncontrollable or exceeding our resources for coping life styles and pressures of everyday life. Stress has become an issue of great concern and worry because stress can have damaging physiological and psychological effects. The study attempts to find out the efficacy of Sufi music on stress before match after design was used. General Stress Scale was the tool used for the study. The sample consisted of 120 people within the age range of 20-40 years. Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test was used for analyzing the data. The results indicate that Sufi music had a significant influence on managing stress.
Keywords: Stress; Sufi music; Music Therapy.