فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

BACKGROUND: Midwifery services help maintain and improve the health of the community. However,a comprehensive examination reduces students’ psychological well‑being by creating anxiety. For thispurpose, the present study was conducted to determine and compare the effect of two educationalmethods based on mindfulness and cognitive emotion strategies on psychological well‑being andanxiety of eighth‑semester midwifery students before the final clinical trial.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was a quasi‑experimental three‑group study with availablesampling method that was performed on 30 eighth‑semester midwifery students of the School ofNursing and Midwifery of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 2020–2021. Data collection toolswere psychological well‑being and Test Anxiety Questionnaire. Two intervention groups were trainedfor eight sessions. The control group did not receive any training program. The data collected bySPSS version 22 software were analyzed by analytical statistical tests of ANOVA and least significantdifference post hoc test.RESULTS: The results showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the threegroups in terms of components of test anxiety and psychological well‑being. Furthermore, emotionregulation training and mindfulness‑based training reduced test anxiety and increased students’psychological well‑being before the comprehensive test (P = 0.001).CONCLUSION: It is recommended that educational programs be considered before the comprehensiveexamination to promote the mental health and success of these students.