Correlation between Mindfulness Level and Cognitive Efficiency among Higher Secondary Students

The goal of the study was to investigate the connection between higher secondary students cognitive efficiency and mindfulness. The capacity to sustain present moment awareness with openness and nonjudgmental is known as mindfulness and it has been associated with improve executive functioning working memory and attention. Academic success depends on cognitive efficiency which includes attentions control information processing speed and problem solving skills. In this study stratified random selection was used to choose a sample of 200 students (100 boys and 100 girls) from government and private schools in Tamil Nadu for the correlation research design. The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) was used to examine mindfulness and a standardized cognitive efficiency inventory was used to test cognitive efficiency. Descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation and independent sample t-test were used in the data analysis. Higher levels of mindfulness are linked to improve cognitive functioning according to the study finding which showed a strong positive connection between mindfulness and cognitive efficiency. While there was no discernible gender difference in cognitive efficiency gender analysis revealed that girls scored significantly higher those boys in mindfulness. These results highlight how importance it is to include mindfulness based activities in school curricula and teacher preparation programs. It is advised that future studies use experimental or longitudinal designs to determine causal links and look at long term higher level of mindfulness are linked to improve cognitive functioning.

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