The effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on social anxiety of students

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Assistant Professor educational psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili

2 Professor educational psychology, Allameh Tabataba’i University

3 M.A. in General Psychology, Allameh Tabataba’i University

Abstract

    The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on social anxiety of students. The research method was semi-experimental with pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical population of study included all high school male students of Tehran city in the 2013-14 academic year, that first among them by using available sampling, a school was selected, and then by using simple random sampling, 30 student who had high scores on social anxiety, were selected, and randomly assigned in experimental (15) and control (15) groups. The experimental group had 8 session of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy training. Social anxiety scale used to data gathering. The data was analyzed by covariance statistical method. Findings indicated that the research hypothesis of effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy training on decreasing of social anxiety had been proven, and students of experimental group in comparison with control group, in posttest had a significantly less self-control. So, we can conclude that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy has a significant effect on decrease the social anxiety of students.

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