Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40271269›Full record

ArticleJournal of education and health promotion2025

Relationship between mindfulness, test anxiety, and academic performance among nursing students.

Ali Asghar Hayat, Rahmatollah Soltani, Tayebeh Bahmani Tazangi, Fereshteh Baradaranfar, Azam Zareh, Azam Norouzi, Mohammad Hasan Keshavarzi

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of education and health promotion, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. MBMC medical education · 2026
    Article
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Ali Asghar HayatClinical Education Research Center, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Rahmatollah SoltaniClinical Education Research Center, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Tayebeh Bahmani TazangiClinical Education Research Center, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Fereshteh BaradaranfarClinical Education Research Center, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Azam ZarehClinical Education Research Center, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Azam NorouziDepartment of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Mohammad Hasan KeshavarziClinical Education Research Center, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe content of mindfulness-based social-emotional learning (MBSEL) concentrates on conscious attention to thoughts, emotions, and bodily senses, which reduces test stress and anxiety and also leads to an increase in students' performance regarding stress management and improving responsible behaviors. This study aimed to explore the relationship between the degree of test anxiety and the level of students' mindfulness and the academic performance of nursing students. MATERIALS AND

methodThis descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted during 2021-2022, and the target population included all nursing students of the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. The sample size is determined by Cochran's formula (151 participants). The sampling method was also simple random. The Sarason's test anxiety questionnaire and the short form of the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory were used to collect data. The student's academic performance was also evaluated based on their previous academic semester scores. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 23 software through descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient, and an independent

resultAccording to the Pearson correlation coefficient, there was an inverse and significant correlation between the variable of mindfulness and the level of test anxiety in nursing students (r = -170,

conclusionMindfulness-based cognitive therapy is effective in reducing negative thoughts, ineffective attitudes, depression, stress, and anxiety, and this therapy strategy can be used to reduce or treat anxiety and worry in students.

Indexed as

Academic performancemindfulnessnursing studentstest anxiety

Identifiers

PMID40271269
PMCPMC12017398

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-SA
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.