The effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction and self-regulated learning on the mental excitement of female students

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction and self-regulatory learning on increasing the mental vitality of female students.

The method of the present study was experimental with pre-test design, multi-group post-test with control group. Among female high school students in Ardabil in the academic year 2018-2019 (3150 people) by cluster random sampling method and based on the desire of the subjects, 150 students in two experimental groups and a control group were selected and the Ryan and Frederick mental vitality questionnaire as a measurement tool. They gave. Bowen & Marlatt (2011) mindfulness training program and self-regulatory training program (Pintrich, 2011) were used as an intervention in the present study. Univariate and multivariate analysis of covariance were used to test the research hypotheses.

The results showed that mindfulness and self-regulated learning had a significant effect on increasing the mental vitality of female students (P<0.001) and in general, the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction on increasing the mental vitality of female students was more than the self-regulated learning method (p <0.05). 

This study has many experimental, research and practical implications for increasing students' mental vitality.