The Impact of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program on Perceived Stress and Anger Rumination

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of mindfulness training on perceived stress and anger rumination in female students living in dormitories. The research method was semi-experimental and pre-test-post-test with control group. The study included high school girls who 45 subjects were selected by random sampling method. Fifteen subjects were in both experimental groups and 15 subjects were in the control group. For the experimental groups, mindfulness program was performed by the experimenter in 8 sessions, and the control group did not receive any training. Before and after the training, the perceived stress and anger rumination test was performed on all groups. The research instruments included Cohen et al.\'s (1983) perceived stress scale and Sukhodolsky et al. (2001) anger rumination scale. Data were analyzed using covariance analysis. The results showed that mindfulness-based stress reduction program was significant on perceived stress (p <0.05, F = 6.54) and anger rumination (p <0.01, F = 9.76). According to the results of the research, it is possible to use the mindfulness-based stress reduction program to reduce perceived stress and anger rumination in students.