Due to escalated levels of student anxiety, this study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of an app-based mindfulness course on anxiety reduction, and whether this could be predicted by levels of perfectionism. For 10 consecutive days, 22 university students participated in 5-minutes of mindfulness practice. Prior to the course, participants completed a questionnaire detailing their levels of anxiety, perfectionism and dispositional mindfulness. Anxiety levels were reassessed on course competition. After the mindfulness course, a significant reduction of anxiety levels was observed, with higher levels of perfectionism predicting less anxiety reduction. The CMD was extracted from the model as the only significant predictor of anxiety difference. Findings suggest online mindfulness courses could offer an effective self-help technique for managing anxiety in populations of non-clinical, student populations, with great efficacy in non-perfectionists. The study highlights the need to identify optimal methods of anxiety reduction for perfectionistic individuals, presenting opportunities for future research.
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