Investigating the effectiveness of self-leadership training base on mindfulness on depression, stress, anxiety and ambiguity tolerance of female nursing students in Iran
Kianoush Saberi *
Psychology and Mental Health Care January 28, 2026 DOI: 10.31579/2637-8892/284 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Quasi-experimental study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 34 |
| Population | Female undergraduate nursing students at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran |
| Intervention | Mindfulness-based self-leadership training (MBSLT) |
| Duration | 10 weekly two-hour group training sessions |
| Topics | Anxiety Depression Meditation |
| Key findings | The authors report that mindfulness-based self-leadership training significantly reduced depression, stress, and anxiety and improved ambiguity tolerance in the intervention group relative to the control group, and suggest it is an effective training intervention for nursing students. |
Abstract
Transition to work requires the female students to be compatible with new environments, situations and people that often lead to depression, stress, anxiety and ambiguity. In order to overcome this issue, the concept of mindfulness delivers mental health and welfare notably in depressive and stressful situation as well as feelings of anxiety and concern. Thus, an endeavor in this paper has been created to investigate the results of mindfulness-based self-leadership training (MBSLT) on stressful, depressive, concerned and ambiguous feeling by comparison the intervening and controlling group. The intervention was conducted as a quasi-experimental design. This research was conducted on 34 female undergraduate nursing students of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in the academic year of 2022-2023 in Iran and with available sampling. All nursing students received 10 weekly two-hour group training sessions consisted of MBSLT techniques. Findings demonstrated significant effects (MBSLT) on reducing depression, stress and anxiety and improving ambiguity tolerance in the intervention group. MBSLT has been suggested as an effective training internvention for nursing students.
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