Studying the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction training on test anxiety, distress tolerance, and perceived stress in sixth grade male students with clinical symptoms of test anxiety

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20250811066811N1

Enrollment

Registered

2025-08-14

Start date

2025-08-14

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-08-19

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Conditions

Clinical symptoms of test anxiety. Other specified behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: The present study, due to the random selection and replacement of participants, is a field experimental study and a pre-test-post-test research design with a contro

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Male

Age

11 Years to 12 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: No serious physical illness No participation in other educational sessions for at least one month prior to the study Achieving a score one standard deviation above the mean in test anxiety No substance use

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Absence of more than two sessions Participation in other educational sessions Unwillingness to continue treatment

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: In this method, with a psychological understanding, the mind-body medicine models of stress are integrated with findings related to how to cope with the challenges of modern life. Therefore, this program includes intensive mindfulness meditation training and participants are trained to apply what they have learned practically in relation to the problems of managing the challenges of daily life. To select the sample for testing the hypotheses, students who in the previous stage, their test anxiety level on the Spielberger Test Anxiety Inventory was one standard deviation above the mean and who also showed symptoms of test anxiety in the clinical interview were selected to participate in the study by simple random selection. Then, these individuals will be randomly divided into 2 groups of 20 (20 in the experimental group and 20 in the control group). It should be noted that the control group will not receive any intervention during the study. However, to avoid factors threatening the internal validity of the study, such as compensatory competition from the control group or demoralization, they will be assured that they will receive mindfulness-based stress reduction training in the next session (after data collection). Timepoint: Mindfulness-based stress reduction training sessions were developed based on the Kabat-Zinn method (2013) and are implemented in 8 90-minute sessions, two sessions per week, for 1 month. Method of measurement: The measurement tools will include: Ahwaz Abolghasemi et al.'s Test Anxiety Inventory (1996), Spielberger's Test Anxiety Inventory (1980), Simmons and Gahr's Distress Tolerance Questionnaire (2005), and Cohen et al.'s Perceived Stress Questionnaire (1983). Also, the research data will be analyzed using SPSS version 27 computer software.	—

Measure

Time frame

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: In this method, with a psychological understanding, the mind-body medicine models of stress are integrated with findings related to how to cope with the challenges of modern life. Therefore, this program includes intensive mindfulness meditation training and participants are trained to apply what they have learned practically in relation to the problems of managing the challenges of daily life. To select the sample for testing the hypotheses, students who in the previous stage, their test anxiety level on the Spielberger Test Anxiety Inventory was one standard deviation above the mean and who also showed symptoms of test anxiety in the clinical interview were selected to participate in the study by simple random selection. Then, these individuals will be randomly divided into 2 groups of 20 (20 in the experimental group and 20 in the control group). It should be noted that the control group will not receive any intervention during the study. However, to avoid factors threatening the internal validity of the study, such as compensatory competition from the control group or demoralization, they will be assured that they will receive mindfulness-based stress reduction training in the next session (after data collection). Timepoint: Mindfulness-based stress reduction training sessions were developed based on the Kabat-Zinn method (2013) and are implemented in 8 90-minute sessions, two sessions per week, for 1 month. Method of measurement: The measurement tools will include: Ahwaz Abolghasemi et al.'s Test Anxiety Inventory (1996), Spielberger's Test Anxiety Inventory (1980), Simmons and Gahr's Distress Tolerance Questionnaire (2005), and Cohen et al.'s Perceived Stress Questionnaire (1983). Also, the research data will be analyzed using SPSS version 27 computer software.

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactSafaa Tarek Zghair Aigaiawy

Islamic Azad University

zarg3553@gmail.com+98 61 3333 3333

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026