Journal Evaluation in Education (JEE)
Vol 6 No 4 (2025): October

Effect of a Positive Mindfulness Program on Positive Emotional Development in Final-Year Students: A Pre-Experimental Study in Semarang

Ajeng Octavia Insani Harits (Yogyakarta State University)
Farida Harahap (Yogyakarta State University)
Sholeha Tri Asih (Lund University School of Economics and Management)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Oct 2025

Abstract

Purpose of the study: This study aims to determine the effect of a positive mindfulness program on increasing positive emotions in final year students. Methodology: This study uses a quantitative approach with an experimental research type. The research design used is a Pre-experimental one group pretest-posttest design. The study was conducted on final year students in Semarang with 18 participants. The determination of research participants used a purposive sampling technique. Data were obtained by filling out the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) and Mindfulness Based Self-Efficacy Revised (MSES-RR) scales before and after being given a positive mindfulness intervention. Main Findings: The results of the hypothesis test using the paired sample t-test obtained a significance value of p <.001 (p <0.05), thus the hypothesis in this study was accepted, this means that the positive mindfulness intervention program significantly influenced in increasing positive mindfulness in final year students with a Cohen's d value or effect size of 0.632 on the PANAS instrument and an effect size of 0.270 on the MSES-R instrument. Novelty/Originality of this study: The novelty of this study lies in its adoption of a positive mindfulness approach, which explicitly aims to cultivate positive emotions. This study will measure the increase in positive emotions directly. Through positive mindfulness, final-year students can view problems more focusedly and objectively, as well as be fully aware of what they are feeling, thereby helping individuals to bring forth positive emotions.

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JEE

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Education Social Sciences Other

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JEE publishes high-quality methodological assessment, evaluation, and study research texts in various educational settings and scientific disciplines with their own specific phenomena, as well as related studies that address issues of concern to education today. JEE discusses scientific research on ...