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Study aim
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Determining and comparing the effect of two educational methods of mindfulness and cognitive emotion regulation strategies on psychological well-being and anxiety of mid-term midwifery students before the final clinical exam
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Design
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A clinical field trial with two intervention and one control groups, parallel groups, randomized, on 27 final year midwifery students, a random number table will be used for randomization
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Settings and conduct
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This study will be performed in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, School of Nursing and Midwifery. Eligible individuals with written consent to participate in the study, after explaining the objectives and methods of study and completing the questionnaires, will be divided into three groups using a table of random numbers. Then, the intended interventions will be performed on two intervention groups. At the end, all participants will complete the questionnaires again.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria:
1. Having written consent to participate in the study
2. Being in the last semester of midwifery
3. Do not take drugs that affect the psychological status
4. Lack of experience of an unfortunate, anxious or stressful events during the last 6 months
5. No medical disease (diabetes, hypertension, thyroid disease, cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, nervous disease, etc.)
Exclusion criteria:
1. Failure to participate in more than 25% of educational programs
2. Reluctance to continue participating in the study
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Intervention groups
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Intervention group 1 = Education based on mindfulness
Intervention group 2 = Education based on cognitive emotion regulation strategies
Control group= No intervention
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Main outcome variables
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Psychological well-being, anxiety