Mindfulness Contributing to Publication Anxiety Reduction: A Random Controlled Trial Analysis

Abstract

Graduate research students face unprecedented challenges due to the increased demand for publications as a graduation requirement in today's institutions of higher learning, leading to anxiety. Some people seem unfazed by this phenomenon and cope with it better than others. Using the random controlled trial method, a direct effect between mindfulness and publication anxiety was tested and mediated by psychological capital using 605 samples divided into control group (297) and intervention group (308). The intervention group was asked to listen to self-guided mindfulness audio for four weeks. The aim was to examine the impact of mindfulness practice in reducing publication anxiety among graduate research students. The findings showed that mindfulness is negatively associated with publication anxiety, and PsyCap acts as a mediator between mindfulness and publication anxiety in both control and intervention groups. The study concludes with a discussion of the study's limitations, future research, and practical applications.

Keywords: Mindfulness, PsyCap, Publication Anxiety, Random Controlled Trial, Graduate research Students

DOI: 10.7176/JHMN/108-03

Publication date:May 31^st 2023