The Effectiveness of Mindfulness Training Based on Verses and Narrations on Reducing the Test Anxiety of Female First Secondary School Students in Khorramabad
Akhlāq-i zīstī i.e., Bioethics Journal,
Vol. 13 No. 38 (1402),
28 May 2023
,
Page 1-12
https://doi.org/10.22037/bioeth.v13i38.41996
Abstract
Background and Aim: Reducing test anxiety based on mindfulness is a group program that takes place with an Islamic approach based on verses and narrations. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of mindfulness training based on verses and narrations on reducing students' test anxiety.
Methods: This research was reviewed by quasi-experimental research method through pretest and posttest with two groups, control and experiment. The statistical population of the study included all female high school students in Khorramabad in the academic year 2020-21 and 50 people were selected as a statistical sample by random sampling method and randomly placed in two experimental and control groups and evaluated in two stages of pre-test and post-test. Spielberger test anxiety questionnaire was used to collect information. The intervention method was 8 sessions of mindfulness training based on verses and narrations. The obtained data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA).
Ethical Considerations: In compiling this article, ethical aspects including preserving the authenticity of the texts, honesty and trustworthiness and satisfaction and informing have been observed.
Results: The results of covariance analysis showed that The pre-test and post-test average of the experimental group for the test anxiety variable is 49.16, 31.36 and 38.04, respectively and the control group's pre-test and post-test average is 52.68, 53.00 and 53.25.
Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, mindfulness based on verses and narrations can be used to reduce exam anxiety among female students. In this regard, it is suggested that teachers consider mindfulness training based on verses and narrations as part of their teaching process.
- Mindfulness
- Students
- Test Anxiety
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