The Level of Mindfulness Among Bilingual and Monolingual Students: A Comparative Study

The present study aimed to determine the level of mindfulness for both bilingual and monolingual students, and to examine the significant differences in the level of mindfulness, attributed to the variables of language, sex, and the interaction between them. To achieve the aim of the study, two schools were selected randomly, one from bilingual schools, and the other one from monolingual schools of Jerusalem area. The sample consisted of (80) male and female students, (40) were students from the twelfth grade of bilingual schools, half male, and half female. And (40) students from the twelfth grade from single-language schools; half male and half female. To achieve aim of the study, the descriptive approach was used, and the five faces of Mindfulness Scale (Baer et al., 2006) was applied, after translating and verifying it’s validity and reliability. Results showed that the mindfulness level of Bilingual students was “mean”, and that the Observation dimension comes in the first rank, with high level ; while the Non-Judgment came in the last rank, at a “mean level. Results also indicated that the level of mindfulness of monolinguals was mean and that observation dimension comes first with first with mean level, while the Non- Judgment came last at a mean level. The study also revealed significant differences in Mindfulness due to language, in favor of bilingual students. Whereas, results, indicated no significant differences in all dimensions of Mindfulness, due to the language, except for the Observation and Description dimensions, in favor of bilinguals. Results also revealed no significant differences in all dimensions of Mindfulness, except, the Observation\u27\u27 dimension, due to sex, in favor of females. Results also showed no significant differences due to the interaction between language and sex in all dimensions of Mindfulness