Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Biostatistics, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan
2 Department of Biostatistics, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Test anxiety is one of the most disabling disorders and annual school academic
performance will affect millions of students. Hence, it needs attention and treatment. Therefore,
this research aimed to examine the effectiveness of a mindfulness‑based stress reduction (MBSR)
therapy on emotion regulation and test anxiety of students and test the remaining effect of this
treatment after 3 month.
METHODS: Sample size of fifty participants randomly divided into experimental (MBSR) and control
groups. The MBSR training interventions were implemented to the experimental group, in eight
weekly sessions using MBSR manual by John Kabat‑Zinn (2013). Participants in both groups were
evaluated using the Test Anxiety Scale and the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire. The
study findings were analyzed using analysis of variance with repeated measures.
RESULTS: The result shows that the MBSR program has had continuous significant effects on test
anxiety (P < 000) and emotion regulation (P < 000) but was not significant only for the self‑blame
subscale (P = 0.126).
CONCLUSIONS: The study results indicated that the effects of MBSR lasted through the follow‑up,
for both of these variables. Using the results of this study may be proposed school counselors use
mindfulness to reduce the anxiety of their pupils.
Keywords
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