The effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive education on the quality of attention of first grade high school students in Lordegan
Daryoosh Jalali, Behrooz Foroughi, Nabi Allah Janbaz
مطالعات روانشناسی تربیتی March 16, 2023 DOI: 10.22111/jeps.2022.7175 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Quasi-experimental Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 40 |
| Population | Junior high school students in Lordegan with low attention quality scores |
| Intervention | Mindfulness-based cognitive education (MBCT) |
| Duration | 12-session intervention with a two-month follow-up |
| Measures | Attention Quality Scale (Brickenkamp, 2002) |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Mindfulness-based cognitive education Attention quality First intermediate students |
| Key findings | Mindfulness-based cognitive education significantly improved attention quality scores in the experimental group compared to the control group at post-test and two-month follow-up. |
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of mindfulness-based cognitive education (MBCT) on the quality of attention of junior high school students. In a quasi-experimental research project, out of 2,500 high school students in Lordegan, 126 were randomly selected and after completing the Attention Quality Questionnaire, 40 of them received the lowest scores and were randomly divided into two experimental groups. Controls (20 people in each group) were assigned. The experimental group then received 60 minutes of cognitive training based on mindfulness in 12 sessions. Subjects completed the Attention Quality Scale during the pre-test, post-test, and 2-month follow-up stages (Brickenkamp, 2002). The results showed that in the pre-test stage there was no significant difference between the mean scores of the experimental and control groups, but in the post-test and follow-up stages the mean attention scores of the experimental group were significantly higher compared to the control group (P= 0.01). It was concluded that mindfulness-based cognitive education can be used to improve the quality of students' attention.
Comparable studies
Other experimental studies on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Cancer patients (clinical intervention study) | 2003 | Mixed methods: scale development, correlational, quasi-experimental, laboratory, experience-sampling, and clinical intervention study | |
| Loving-kindness meditation increases social connectedness. | 2008 | Controlled laboratory experiment | |
| Mindfulness and mind-wandering: Finding convergence through opposing constructs. | 2012 | Two studies: correlational study and experimental study | |
| Mental Training Enhances Attentional Stability: Neural and Behavioral Evidence | 2009 | Experimental study | |
| Mindfulness meditation and substance use in an incarcerated population. Incarcerated population | 2006 | Quasi-experimental with treatment-as-usual control condition |