Solution-Focused Mindfulness: Impact on Students' Self-Esteem, Mindfulness, and Anxiety

The Effect of Mindfulness Practice Based on the Solution-Focused Approach on Self-Esteem, Mindfulness, and Anxiety Levels of University Students

Students have some problems related to stress and anxiety during their university years when they go through important transitions and change processes in their lives. In this sense, mindfulness program based on solution-focused approach is considered to raise the mindfulness levels of students, reinforce their self-esteem, and lower their anxiety levels. Therefore, this study comprehensively examined the effects of mindfulness program based on solution-focused approach on the self-esteem, mindfulness levels, and anxiety of university students. A significant difference was found between the scores of the students before and after the program on their trait anxiety levels, mindfulness, and self-esteem levels. In this case, it could be asserted that the mindfulness program based on the solution-focused approach had positive effects on their self-esteem, mindfulness, and anxiety levels of the students.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Healthy
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Mindfulness Practice Based on the Solution-Focused Approach

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 39
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Atakum
    • Samsun, Atakum, Turkey, 55139
      • Ondokuz Mayıs University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• To be a third and fourth year student of Samsun Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Education,
• Not working in a private or state institution,
• Not having a disease that prevents sitting or walking in order to be able to perform the applications,
• Having anxiety about the future (it will be questioned whether it is present in the preliminary interview)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Have a diagnosed serious physical illness or chronic disease,
• Having a diagnosed psychiatric illness,
• Having experienced the loss of a family member or loved one within the last six months,
• History of substance abuse, suicide attempt or self-harm,

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: experimental group	Behavioral: Mindfulness Practice Based on the Solution-Focused Approach; the experimental group received 90 minutes of solution-oriented based mindfulness practices one day a week for eight weeks
No Intervention: control group

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES)	Morris Rosenberg (1965) developed the scale to assess self-esteem in adolescents. Çuhadaroğlu (1986) conducted the reliability and validity study of the scale in Turkiye. The scale has a total of 63 items. For the purpose of the study, the first 10 items of the scale were used to assess self-esteem. The questions are rated by the Guttman evaluation method. A score of 0-1 indicates a high level of self-esteem, 2-4 indicates a medium level of self-esteem and 5-6 indicates a low level of self-esteem	first week and the end of the eighth week

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-STAI	Spielberger et al., (1970) developed the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory, consisting of two subscales, each with 20 items. Öner and Le Compte (1985) adapted the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory into Turkish and conducted its validity and reliability. The State Anxiety subscale (STAI-S) determines how the individual feels at a specific moment and under certain conditions, and the Trait Anxiety subscale (STAI-T) determines how the individual usually feels. The total score for both subscales ranges between 20-80 points; high scores indicate a high level of anxiety. During the score calculation of the State Anxiety Inventory, items 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 11, 15, 16, 19, and 20 are reversed expressions. During the score calculation of the Trait Anxiety Inventory, items 21, 26, 27, 30, 33, 36, and 39 are reversed expressions	first week and the end of the eighth week
Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS)	Brown and Ryan (2003) developed a 15-item scale to assess the general tendency to be mindful of and attentive to momentary experiences in daily life. Özyeşil et al., (2011) conducted the validity and reliability of the scale in Turkiye. The MAAS is a 6-point Likert-type scale. The MAAS has a single-factor construct and yields a single total score. High scores of the scale indicate a high level of mindfulness	first week and the end of the eighth week

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ondokuz Mayıs University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 18, 2024
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 14, 2024
• Study Completion (Actual): June 14, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 13, 2025
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 30, 2025
• First Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 30, 2025
• Last Verified: April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: anxiety; mindfulness; university students; Self-esteem,; solution-focused therapy
• Other Study ID Numbers: Ondokuz Mayıs University (Other Identifier: Ondokuz Mayıs University)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: Participant data may be provided by researchers upon appropriate requests, taking into account the protection of personal data.

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No