TY - JOUR ID - 111228 TI - Effectiveness of Mindfulness on ‎Test ‎Anxiety and ‎Educational Well-‎being ‎in ‎Secondary School Female ‎Students JO - International Journal of Behavioral Sciences JA - IJBS LA - en SN - 2322-1194 AU - Jahani, Sara AU - Bakhtiyar-Pour, Saeed AU - Makvandi, Behnam AU - Heidarie, Alireza AU - Ehteshamzadeh, Parvin AD - Department Of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran AD - Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran Y1 - 2020 PY - 2020 VL - 14 IS - 2 SP - 60 EP - 66 KW - Keywords: Mindfulness KW - test anxiety KW - Educational Well-being DO - 10.30491/ijbs.2020.208763.1166 N2 - Abstract Introduction: The present study was aimed to assess the effectiveness of mindfulness on ‎test ‎anxiety and ‎educational ‎well-‎being ‎in ‎secondary ‎school female ‎students. Method: The study has been conducted based on ‎a semi-experimental design of pretest-posttest type ‎with a control group and a follow up stage. Forty students were selected based on a purposive sampling method and were assigned to two groups: (control and experimental groups, Each containing 20 individuals) based on a simple randomized method One of the experimental group received mindfulness training for a period of 10 sessions, each lasting for 45 minutes (twice a week). Data analysis was conducted using Multivariate Covariance Analysis (MANCOVA) and ANCOVA’s single-variable analysis method‏ ‏using SPSS software. Results: The results of MANCOVA showed a positive and significant effect of mindfulness training on test anxiety and academic well-being ‎(p <0.01). Also, the results of treatment in the follow-up test were stable after one and a half months‎ (p <0.01). ‎ Conclusion: ‎ According to the findings of this study it can be stated that‎ mindfulness training can help reduce test anxiety and improve academic well-being. UR - https://www.behavsci.ir/article_111228.html L1 - https://www.behavsci.ir/article_111228_59d966c97b901999d79ac81c09e963d9.pdf ER -