Effects of a Mindfulness-based Intervention on Well-being Among Rural Adolescents with Academic Anxiety

Title

Effects of a Mindfulness-based Intervention on Well-being Among Rural Adolescents with Academic Anxiety

Creator

Jaismin; Chukkali S.; Jain A.; Peter A.

Description

Background: Academic anxiety revolves around scholastic work and performance and can be detrimental to students health and overall subjective well-being. It has been found to be significantly high in adolescents, leading to consequences that prove to be detrimental to their academic performance, focus, and overall self-esteem. This phenomenon acts as a vicious cycle impacting all aspects of a students life. Method: The current study aimed to explore mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) as a possible option to deal with academic anxiety in rural adolescent students and improve their overall subjective well-being. A total of 600 students were screened for academic anxiety and a total of 47 students were subjected to an eight-week MBI. MBI aims to bring more present-moment awareness and cultivate overall well-being and thereby works against anxiety. Mixed repeated measures ANOVA was carried out to compare pre, post, and follow-up scores. Result: The results indicated a significant effect of MBI on adolescents, suggesting a significant decline in academic anxiety from pre-to-post and an increase in mindfulness and subjective well-being from pre-to-post and follow-up assessments. Conclusion: Academic anxiety and subjective well-being improved significantly with the MBI intervention, thereby implication that MBI is a feasible option for rural adolescents with academic anxiety. 2024 The Author(s).

Source

Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Vol-19, No. 4, pp. 385-393.

Date

2023-01-01

Publisher

SAGE Publications Ltd

Subject

academic anxiety; Adolescents; mindfulness; rural; well-being

Coverage

Jaismin, Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Delhi NCR Campus, Uttar Pradesh, Ghaziabad, India; Chukkali S., Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Delhi NCR Campus, Uttar Pradesh, Ghaziabad, India; Jain A., Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Delhi NCR Campus, Uttar Pradesh, Ghaziabad, India; Peter A., Department of Clinical Psychology, Santosh (Deemed to be) University, Delhi NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Ghaziabad, India

Rights

All Open Access; Hybrid Gold Open Access

Relation

ISSN: 9731342

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1177/09731342231221606

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