ERIC Number: EJ1259254
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
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Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Coloring for University Students' Test Anxiety
Carsley, Dana; Heath, Nancy L.
Journal of American College Health, v68 n5 p518-527 2020
Objective: This study compared the effectiveness of mindfulness coloring (mandala), free drawing/coloring, and a noncoloring control activity for university students' test anxiety, and assessed the relationship of dispositional mindfulness and response to intervention on mindfulness and test anxiety states. Participants: University students (n = 167; 81.4% female; M[subscript age] = 21.29 years, SD = 4.46) were randomly assigned to a mandala (n = 57), free draw/coloring (n = 58), or noncoloring condition (n = 52). Methods: Participants completed standardized measures assessing test anxiety and state mindfulness pre-postactivity before completing a test, and two dispositional mindfulness measures. Results: Participants in both coloring conditions reported significant decreases in test anxiety and significant increases in state mindfulness pre-postintervention, and participants in the control condition reported significant increases in test anxiety. Reports of preintervention state mindfulness and test anxiety fully mediated relations between dispositional mindfulness and postintervention state mindfulness and test anxiety. Conclusions: Implications for research and practice on mindfulness coloring and test anxiety are discussed.
Descriptors: Test Anxiety, College Students, Metacognition, Program Effectiveness, Color, Freehand Drawing, Art Activities, Intervention, Likert Scales, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Stress Management
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada (Montreal)
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: State Trait Anxiety Inventory; Wide Range Achievement Test
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