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A Randomized Controlled Pilot Intervention Study of a Mindfulness-Based Self-Leadership Training (MBSLT) on Stress and Performance
- Source :
- Mindfulness
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2017.
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Abstract
- The present randomized pilot intervention study examines the effects of a mindfulness-based self-leadership training (MBSLT) specifically developed for academic achievement situations. Both mindfulness and self-leadership have a strong self-regulatory focus and are helpful in terms of stress resilience and performance enhancements. Based on several theoretical points of contact and a specific interplay between mindfulness and self-leadership, the authors developed an innovative intervention program that improves mood as well as performance in a real academic setting. The intervention was conducted as a randomized controlled study over 10 weeks. The purpose was to analyze the effects on perceived stress, test anxiety, academic self-efficacy, and the performance of students by comparing an intervention and control group (n = 109). Findings demonstrated significant effects on mindfulness, self-leadership, academic self-efficacy, and academic performance improvements in the intervention group. Results showed that the intervention group reached significantly better grade point averages than the control group. Moreover, the MBSLT over time led to a reduction of test anxiety in the intervention group compared to the control group. Furthermore, while participants of the control group showed an increase in stress over time, participants of the intervention group maintained constant stress levels over time. The combination of mindfulness and self-leadership addressed both positive effects on moods and on objective academic performance. The effects demonstrate the great potential of combining mindfulness with self-leadership to develop a healthy self-regulatory way of attaining achievement-related goals and succeeding in high-stress academic environments.
- Subjects :
- Health (social science)
Mindfulness
Social Psychology
050109 social psychology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Academic achievement
Academic performance
Stress
Mindfulness-based self-leadership training
050105 experimental psychology
law.invention
RCT intervention
Randomized controlled trial
law
Intervention (counseling)
Stress (linguistics)
Developmental and Educational Psychology
medicine
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Test anxiety
Applied Psychology
Original Paper
05 social sciences
medicine.disease
Intervention studies
Mood
Self-leadership
MBSLT
Psychology
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18688535 and 18688527
- Volume :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Mindfulness
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c7c84ffed49667a63057a5012a0fc608