en سلامت جانبازان يا معلولان Veterans or Handicapped Health پژوهشی اصيل Original Research <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">Aims:</span></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"> The present study examined the effectiveness of an eight-week mindfulness and body awareness program on anxiety and sleep quality among male veteran athletes.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">Materials & Methods:</span></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"> This quasi-experimental study employed a pretest&ndash;posttest design with a follow-up assessment and a control group. A total of 60 male veteran athletes were randomly assigned to either an experimental group (n = 30) or a control group (n = 30). The experimental group participated in a structured eight-week mindfulness and body awareness program consisting of 16 sessions of 90 minutes each, whereas the control group received no intervention. Data were collected using the State&ndash;Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was conducted to analyze the data.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">Findings:</span></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"> The results of ANCOVA indicated that, after controlling for pretest scores, participants in the experimental group showed significantly lower levels of state anxiety and trait anxiety, as well as significantly improved sleep quality, compared with those in the control group (p < .001). Effect sizes were moderate to large for state anxiety (&eta;&sup2; = .24), trait anxiety (&eta;&sup2; = .22), and sleep quality (&eta;&sup2; = .27). Furthermore, the four-week follow-up assessment demonstrated that the intervention effects were maintained over time.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:">Conclusion:</span></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span cambria="" style="font-family:"> The findings support the effectiveness of mindfulness and body awareness training in reducing anxiety and improving sleep quality among male veteran athletes. These results suggest that this approach may serve as a valuable complementary intervention within mental health promotion programs for this population.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp; Anxiety,Body Awareness,Mindfulness,Sleep Quality,Veteran Athletes 0 0 http://ijwph.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2428-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Iman Safaei iman.safaei@iau.ac.ir 15300319475328460028887 15300319475328460028887 No Mojtaba Ahmadi mojtaba.ahmadi@iau.ac.ir 15300319475328460028888 15300319475328460028888 No Bahare Soleymani Tapesari soleymani.bahare@yahoo.com 15300319475328460028889 15300319475328460028889 No Vahid Shojaei shojaei.vahid@iau.ac.ir 15300319475328460028890 15300319475328460028890 Yes Aygul Ozgoli goli80008@gmail.com 15300319475328460028891 15300319475328460028891 No