Study the relation between perfectionism with Test anxiety by mediating role of mindfulness in college students

Test anxiety is one of a kind of school anxiety, which as an important and common educational phenomenon is closely related to the performance and academic achievement of students.The purpose of this study was to Study the relation between perfectionism with Test anxiety by mediating role of mindfulness in college students.The research method was descriptive correlational and structural equation model. Among the 1042 Girl and boy college students, who were studying in the academic year of 1396-97, based on Kokran formula,278 college students were selected by random sampling method.The tools used in this study were mindfulness questionnaire, perfectionism and test anxiety Questionnaire. Fitness of the proposed model was examined through structural equation modeling (SEM), using SPSS-18 and Lisrel software packages. Findings indicated the proposed model fit the data properly and mindfulness has mediating role in relation between perfectionism with Test anxiety. Therefore, it is suggested that attention be paid to the intermediate role of mind awareness in clinical interventions.