Evaluation of the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction group training on mental well-being of female students with academic stress

Background and Aim: Mental well-being is one of the important dimensions of students' mental health which is due to personal cognitive and emotional perception of whole life. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based group stress reduction training on mental well-being of female students Academic stress of Farhangian University of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province was assessed.Research Methodology: The present study was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population of this study included all female students of Farhangian University of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province in the number of 350 students in the academic year 1397-98. Among all students, 150 students were selected by random sampling and then 60 of them scored. They had higher academic stress than the average group were selected as the final sample and were randomly divided into two groups of 30 people (one experimental group and one control group). In both groups, the mental well-being questionnaire was completed as a pre-test and after the intervention, the post-test and follow-up were performed again for both groups. Data collected using descriptive statistics including mean and standard deviation and inferential statistics including case analysis Were analyzed. Results: Based on the results, mindfulness-based stress reduction group training had a significant effect on increasing mental well-being (eta = 0.96, F = 264, p <0.001). Conclusion: According to the results of this study, mindfulness-based stress reduction training can be used to increase students' mental well-being.