The Effectiveness Of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy On Anxiety And Aggression Of The Female Students
Ali Khanehkeshi
i-manager's Journal on Educational Psychology 2019 DOI: 10.26634/jpsy.12.4.15486 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Experimental pretest-posttest control group design Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 30 |
| Population | 11th-grade female students in Fereydunkenar, Mazandaran Province, Iran, who scored high on both anxiety and aggression measures |
| Duration | 8 weekly sessions of 90 minutes each |
| Measures | Beck Anxiety Inventory, Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire |
| Topics | Anxiety Meditation |
| Key findings | Students who received mindfulness-based cognitive therapy showed significantly greater reductions in anxiety and aggression scores at post-test than students who received no treatment (P<0.001). The authors conclude MBCT can be an important way to decrease students' aggression and anxiety. |
Abstract
This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on anxiety and aggression in th the 11 grade female students in Iran. This study was an experimental one with pretest-posttest control group design. The th statistical population of the study included all the 11 grade female students in Fereydunkenar city, Mazandaran Province, Iran (N=294), out of which 170 students were selected using Random Cluster Sampling method. They were asked to fill in Beck anxiety inventory and Buss-Perry aggression questionnaire. Forty five students had attained simultaneously high score in anxiety and aggression, out of which 30 people were selected using Random Sampling Method and assigned into the experimental (n=15) and control (n=15) group. The experimental group received MBCT in 8 sessions (weekly and 90 minutes per session), and the control group did not receive any treatment. The collected data were analyzed using Multi Variate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA). The results showed a significant difference in mean scores of anxiety and aggression in the post-test of two groups, indicating that anxiety and aggression scores decreased significantly in the post-test (P<0/001). The findings indicate mindfulness based cognitive therapy is an important way that can be used in decreasing the student's aggression and anxiety.
Comparable studies
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| Being present in the face of existential threat: The role of trait mindfulness in reducing defensive responses to mortality salience. | 2010 | Experimental study | |
| Neural correlates of mindfulness meditation-related anxiety relief Healthy adults with no prior meditation experience | 2013 | Within-subjects experimental study | n = 15 |
| Intensive mindfulness training-related changes in cognitive and emotional experience Community adults | 2009 | Quasi-experimental and longitudinal | n = 69 |
| Prospective examination of synthetic 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine inhalation: effects on salivary IL-6, cortisol levels, affect, and non-judgment Volunteers | 2019 | Within-subjects experimental study | n = 11 |
Citations in the library
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