The Effects of the Mindfulness and Four Noble Thinking Program on Reducing Stress of the Fifth Grade Students at Sri Ayudhya School

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Wanpimol Boontayapat
Jittinun Boonsathirakul

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The purposes of this research were: 1) To study The Effects of the Mindfulness and Four Noble Thinking Program on Reducing Stress of the Fifth Grade Students at Sri Ayudhya School; and 2) To compare score result stress of students who participate the Mindfulness and Four Noble Thinking Program with control group students. This research was the quasi experimental research. The population included 45 students of the Mattayom 5/11 in the second semester, academic year 2020 and the samples were 18 students which are stressed in the high level (Mean = 3.43 – 4.23) divided into 9 students in an experimental group and 9 students in the control group. The instruments in this research were: The Mindfulness and Four Noble Thinking Program, Assessment of Stress and the Student’s Opinion Questionnaire for Students Participate the Mindfulness and Four Noble Thinking Program. The statistic used for research were: mean, standard deviation, dependent t – test and content analysis.


The results of the study found that 1) the posttest score the stress test of the experimental group were lower than theirs pretest scores at .05 level of significant.
2) the posttest score the stress test of the experimental group were lower than theirs posttest scores of the control group at .05 level of significant. The experimental group reported the Mindfulness and Four Noble Thinking Program helped them to reduce stress, to replace negative thoughts with positive thoughts and positive attitude in their daily lives.

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Boontayapat , W. ., & Boonsathirakul, J. . (2022). The Effects of the Mindfulness and Four Noble Thinking Program on Reducing Stress of the Fifth Grade Students at Sri Ayudhya School. Journal of MCU Peace Studies, 10(6), 2545–2554. retrieved from https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/journal-peace/article/view/252173
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