Investigating the effectiveness of self-leadership training base on mindfulness on depression, stress, anxiety and ambiguity tolerance of female nursing students in Iran
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: Transition to work requires the female students to be compatible with new environments, situations and people that often lead to depression, stress, anxiety and ambiguity. In order to overcome this issue, the concept of mindfulness delivers mental health and welfare notably in depressive and stressful situation as well as feelings of anxiety and concern. Thus, an endeavor in this paper has been created to investigate the results of mindfulness-based self-leadership training (MBSLT) on stressful, depressive, concerned and ambiguous feeling by comparison the intervening and controlling group. The intervention was conducted as a quasi-experimental design. This research was conducted on 34 female undergraduate nursing students of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in the academic year of 2022-2023 in Iran and with available sampling. All nursing students received 10 weekly two-hour group training sessions consisted of MBSLT techniques. Findings demonstrated significant effects (MBSLT) on reducing depression, stress and anxiety and improving ambiguity tolerance in the intervention group. MBSLT has been suggested as an effective training internvention for nursing students.
Author: Kianoush Saberi *
Institutions: Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4411214179