The Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program is a manualized course that includes meditation, relaxing movement, and breathing. A certified MBSR instructor will teach the courses in a group-based format for 120 minute sessions, once per week for eight weeks.

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The intervention has its roots in meditations and yoga practices. However, it is independent of religious purpose or affiliation.The weekly sessions include a range of mental and bodily practices, including awareness of emotions, awareness of thoughts, awareness of sensations. It involves full awareness of daily activities, using the breath as an anchor for attention.In addition to mindfulness practices and experiential work, psychoeducation and participants' sharing will clarify the issues of stress, stress management and how mindfulness is applied in daily situations and interpersonal communication.

The 14-item scale was designed to measure how stressful the individual perceives certain situations in his life. The scale is in 5-point Likert type, ranging from "Never (0)" to "Very often (4)". 7 of the scale items with positive expressions are scored in reverse. The total score from the scale indicates the stress level of the person. A score between 11-26 indicates a low stress level, a score between 27-41 indicates a medium stress level, and a score between 42-56 indicates a high stress level.

It is a five-point Likert type scale (1 = not at all suitable for me, 2 = somewhat suitable for me, 3 = somewhat suitable for me, 4 = very suitable for me, 5 = completely suitable for me). The scale consists of 36 items in total. Cronbach's alpha value in the original form of the scale. with 67. It is between 81. The scale includes "self-blame", "acceptance", "focus on thought", "positive refocus", "plan refocus", "positive reconsideration", "perspective", "destruction" and "blaming others". It consists of nine sub-dimensions.