Stress in Post-Secondary: Toward an Understanding of Test-Anxiety, Cognitive Performance, and Brief Mindfulness Meditation
Behavioural Sciences Undergraduate Journal December 31, 2020 Raychel Colangelo, Karyn Audet
A brief mindfulness meditation session reduced state test-anxiety more than a control activity among 50 undergraduate college students, but did not improve cognitive performance. The findings suggest brief mindfulness may offer immediate short-term relief from test anxiety, which could help students during stressful academic periods.