The Effect of Mindfulness Training on Improving Educational Hope and Motivation in Junior High School Girls in Tehran

Numerous educational problems such as low interest in learning, educational decline and increasing dropout are attributed to the lack of educational motivation and educational hope. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the effect of mindfulness training on improving hope and motivation in students. The current research was a quasi-experimental study with experimental and control groups. The statistical population of the research was all first grade female students of Sotoudeh Girls' Educational Complex in the educational year 2018-2019 in Tehran. Twenty students were randomly allocated to an experimental and a control group. The research tools included educational motivation questionnaire of Abdekhodaei, Seif, Karimi and Bibangard and the educational hope questionnaire of Campbell and Kwon (2001). The experimental group received the mindfulness training package in eight 2-hour sessions. The obtained data were analyzed by ANCOVA. The results showed that mindfulness training had a positive and significant effect on educational hope and improving educational motivation. Accordingly, it is recommended to use mindfulness training to improve hope and motivation in students.