Effect of Mindfulness on Self-Development in Students of Prince of Songkla University

Abstract

Nowaday mindfulness practice can be the most efficient tool to develope learning ability of the
brain. The purpose of this experimental study was to examine the effect of mindfulness practice on
students’ development of Prince of Songkla University. A total of 329 students volunteered to participate
in this study. The coach of mindfulness practice taught students to have neutral mindfulness at the
present moment and application of mindfulness practice in their daily lives. Students completed a
mindfulness - questionnaire before and after the 12-week practising program. Descriptive statistics and
paired-t-test were used to test the differences between pretraining and posttraining. All students
experienced significant increasement in mindfulness during various activities (p<.001). Students felt that
mindfulness-practice was most useful. They could apply mindfulness in their studies and work. These
created efficiency increasement of learning. Students had peaceful mind and could apply to use
mindfulness in daily lives. They felt relaxed from stress and let go the emotion. The techniques to
practice mindfulness were simple and convenient for students. However, this research took a short time
to study about mindfulness and long time effect of mindfulness should be further studies.