Journal of Applied Psychological Research

The Effectiveness of Adolescent Mindfulness Therapy on Academic Resilience and Academic Optimism in Anxious First-Year High School Students

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Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Isfahan (khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Isfahan (khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.

Abstract

The objective of the current study was to investigate the effectiveness of adolescent mindfulness therapy on the academic resilience and academic optimism in Anxious First-Year High School Students. The research method included a two-month follow-up period, a pretest, posttest, and control group design, and was quasi-experimental. The statistical population of the present study included anxious first-year high school students in Isfahan city in the academic year of 2021-2022. The experimental and control groups were randomly assigned to 34 anxious students, with 18 students in the experimental group and 16 students in the control group, who were selected using the purposive sampling method. The students in the experimental group received adolescent-centered mindfulness therapy during ten weeks in ten 90-minute sessions. The applied questionnaire included Anxiety Questionnaire (AQ), Academic Resilience Questionnaire (ARQ) and Academic Optimism Questionnaire (AOQ). The SPSS-23 software was used to analyze the data from the study using a post hoc Bonferroni test and mixed analysis of variance. Adolescent mindfulness therapy demonstrated a substantial impact on the academic resilience (F=36.67; Eta=0.53; P<0001) and academic optimism (F=46.78; Eta=0.59; P<0001) of anxious students, as indicated by the results. From the research results, it can be inferred that adolescent mindfulness therapy, which employs mindful practices such as conscious eating, purposeful and conscious breathing, and conscious walking, can lead to an increase in the conscious skills of anxious students, thereby increasing their academic resilience and academic optimism.

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Journal of Applied Psychological Research

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 31 December 2025
  • Receive Date: 17 May 2023
  • Revise Date: 16 July 2023
  • Accept Date: 13 August 2023
  • First Publish Date: 15 August 2024
  • Publish Date: 31 December 2025