The effectiveness of mindfulness practice in increasing academic motivation among high school students

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 PhD candidate, Educational Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, General Psychology Department, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran

3 Professor, Educational Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

10.22098/jsp.2020.871

Abstract

This research was conducted to assess the impact of mindfulness on academic motivation among the 11th-grade students in Tehran.  As an experimental research, we employed a pre- and post-test with a control group. The participants included all 11th-grade students who were studying in District Two of Tehran country in 2017-2018. The researchers utilized multi-phase cluster sampling to choose 80 students (40 female and 40 male students), who showed lower scores on their academic motivation test, and randomly placed them into four groups of participants (two experimental groups and two control groups).  The experimental groups received mindfulness training in eight sessions. Then all participants were given Academic Motivation as the post-test. The data were analyzed using Analysis of Covariance, and Multivariate Analysis of Covariance. The results indicated that mindfulness practice had a significant impact on increasing academic motivation in female and male students. Due to the positive impact of mindfulness practices on students to increase their academic motivations, it is suggested that teachers and educators create a motivating academic environment by encouraging students’ self-efficacy and providing mindfulness technique.

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