The effectiveness of mindfulness techniques on reducing anxiety, stress and emotion control of Tehran stock exchange traders

The purpose of this research was to determine the effectiveness of mindfulness techniques derived from mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on anxiety, stress, and emotional control of stock exchange traders living in Tehran in 2019. The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The statistical population included all stock market traders in 2019. For the sample size, 18 samples were taken from Cochran's table and for each group; which were selected by a non-probability method and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. The research tools were the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) (Beck et al., 1988), the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Questionnaire (DASS-42) (Peter and Sidney Lavibond, 1995), and the Emotional Control Questionnaire (ECQ) (Roger and Najarian, 1989). And finally, the data was analyzed by multivariate covariance analysis. The findings showed that by controlling the effect of the pre-test, there was a significant difference between the mean of the post-test variables of anxiety, stress, and emotional control in the two experimental and control groups in reducing anxiety and stress and increasing the emotional control of the experimental group. Based on the present findings, it can be concluded that mindfulness techniques reduce the stress and anxiety of stock exchange traders and increase their emotional control.