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Trial reportJournal of school psychology2014

A randomized controlled pilot trial of classroom-based mindfulness meditation compared to an active control condition in sixth-grade children.

Willoughby B Britton, Nathaniel E Lepp, Halsey F Niles, Tomas Rocha, Nathan E Fisher, Jonathan S Gold

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of school psychology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. The impact of mindfulness on suicidal behavior: a systematic review.Trends in psychiatry and psychotherapy · 2022
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  11. Effects of attention bias modification for anxiety: Neurophysiological indices and moderation by symptom severity.Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Willoughby B BrittonBrown University Contemplative Studies Initiative, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Medical School, USA. Electronic address: Willoughby_Britton@Brown.edu.
Nathaniel E LeppBrown University Contemplative Studies Initiative, USA.
Halsey F NilesBrown University Contemplative Studies Initiative, USA; Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA.
Tomas RochaBrown University Contemplative Studies Initiative, USA; Mind & Life Institute, USA.
Nathan E FisherBrown University Contemplative Studies Initiative, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Medical School, USA.
Jonathan S GoldBrown University Contemplative Studies Initiative, USA; Moses Brown School, USA.

Funding

Arizona Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Training ProgramT32AT001287 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI BELL, IRIS ROBERTA · 2002 to 2011
$3.2M
Training in Treatment ResearchT32MH067553 · NIMH · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI MILLER, IVAN W. · 2003 to 2012
$1.6M
Dismantling Mindfulness: Contributions of Attention vs. AcceptanceK23AT006328 · NCCIH · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI BRITTON, WILLOUGHBY · 2011 to 2015
$667k
NCCIH NIH HHS K23 AT006328NCCIH NIH HHS K23-AT006328-01A1NCCIH NIH HHS T32 AT001287NCCIH NIH HHS T32-AT001287NIMH NIH HHS MH067553-05NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH067553
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current study is a pilot trial to examine the effects of a nonelective, classroom-based, teacher-implemented, mindfulness meditation intervention on standard clinical measures of mental health and affect in middle school children. A total of 101 healthy sixth-grade students (55 boys, 46 girls) were randomized to either an Asian history course with daily mindfulness meditation practice (intervention group) or an African history course with a matched experiential activity (active control group). Self-reported measures included the Youth Self Report (YSR), a modified Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Measure -Revised. Both groups decreased significantly on clinical syndrome subscales and affect but did not differ in the extent of their improvements. Meditators were significantly less likely to develop suicidal ideation or thoughts of self-harm than controls. These results suggest that mindfulness training may yield both unique and non-specific benefits that are shared by other novel activities.

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Adaptation, PsychologicalMeditationMental HealthMindfulnessChildFemaleHumansMalePilot ProjectsStress, PsychologicalTreatment OutcomeChildrenContemplative educationMindfulness meditationPre-adolescentSchoolSocial and emotional learning

Identifiers

PMID24930819
PMCPMC4060047

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