Mediating role of working memory (phonological loop and visuo-spatial sketch pad) in the relationship between test anxiety and mindfulness in students

The purpose of the current research is the study of the mediating role of working memory on relationship of mindfulness with test anxiety The study method is correlational descriptive and of the type of structural equations model. In order to research, 199 students were selected by multistage sampling among the statistical population included all students of Birjand University and Medical Sciences university. To collect data for measuring working memory, the test of working memory profile of Wexler and for measuring test anxiety and mindfulness, the questionnaires of test anxiety of Abolqasemi and mindfulness skills of Kentucky were used. The results showed that there is relationship between mindfulness and its dimensions (act with awareness and accept without judgment) with test anxiety. There is no significant relationship between mindfulness and working memory, and the mediating role of working role on the relationship between mindfulness with test anxiety didn't verified. So, it can be said that working memory had no mediating role between mindfulness and test anxiety.