Effectiveness of Stress Management Training based on Mindfulness on Achievement Motivation and Educational Satisfaction from University in Medical Students

Low achievement motivation and educational satisfaction has an important role in increasing the stress and reducing the desire to study and one of the ways to improve them is stress management training. This research aimed to determine the effectiveness of stress management training based on mindfulness on achievement motivation and educational satisfaction from university in medical students.

Present study was a quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design with control group. The research population was medical students of Tehran University of medical sciences in the academic year of 2018-19. The research sample was 50 people who were selected by simple available sampling method and randomly divided into two equal groups. The experimental group trained 8 sessions of 90-minutes by stress management training based on mindfulness method and the control group didn’t receive training. To collect data used from the questionnaire of achievement motivation (Hermans, 1970) and educational satisfaction from university (Dehghani and et al, 2014). Data were analyzed by SPSS version of 17 and with the method of multivariate analysis of covariance.

The findings showed that there were significant differences between the experimental and control groups in terms of achievement motivation and educational satisfaction from university. That’s mean, stress management training based on mindfulness method led to increased achievement motivation (F=29/183, P<0/001) and educational satisfaction from university (F=36/760, P<0/001) in medical students.

Based on the results, it is suggested that academic counselors and psychologists can use the stress management training based on mindfulness method along with other educational methods to increase the achievement motivation and educational satisfaction from university.