ERIC Number: EJ1097287
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-8756-8225
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Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for Academic Evaluation Anxiety: A Naturalistic Longitudinal Study
Dundas, Ingrid; Thorsheim, Torbjørn; Hjeltnes, Aslak; Binder, Per Einar
Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, v30 n2 p114-131 2016
Mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) for academic evaluation anxiety and self-confidence in 70 help-seeking bachelor's and master's students was examined. A repeated measures analysis of covariance on the 46 students who completed pretreatment and posttreatment measures (median age = 24 years, 83% women) showed that evaluation anxiety and self-confidence improved. A growth curve analysis with all 70 original participants showed reductions in both cognitive and emotional components of evaluation anxiety, and that reduction continued postintervention. Although more research is needed, this study indicates that MBSR may reduce evaluation anxiety.
Descriptors: Metacognition, Longitudinal Studies, Stress Management, Help Seeking, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Statistical Analysis, Outcomes of Treatment, Student Attitudes, Self Esteem, Intervention, Test Anxiety, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Norway
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Self Description Questionnaire; State Trait Anxiety Inventory
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