fatemeh khorrami; aliakbar saif; Ali Reza Kiamanesh; fariborz dortaj
Abstract
The purpose of current study was the effectivness of mindfulness training in reducing the test anxiety and increasing the attitude toward school in 11th grade students in Tehran. The research method is experimental with pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical population of the study ...
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The purpose of current study was the effectivness of mindfulness training in reducing the test anxiety and increasing the attitude toward school in 11th grade students in Tehran. The research method is experimental with pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of all students of the 11th grade students of Tehran in the academic year of 2017-2018. From this population, by using a multi-stage clustering method, 88 students (44 girls and 44 boys) who had high scores in Friedben's Anxiety Inventory (1997) and low scores in attitudes toward Schools the McCoach & Siegle Inventory (2003), were selected and randomly assigned to 4 groups (2 experimental and 2 control groups). Then, experimental groups received a Mindfulness protocol in 8 sessions of 2 hours. After completion of the sessions, all subjects were re-evaluated. The data were analyzed by using univariate analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) and multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA). The findings of this study showed that mindfulness training is effective in reducing the test anxiety and increasing the attitude toward the school.
