Trial reportJournal of school psychology2018
Gender differences in response to a school-based mindfulness training intervention for early adolescents.
Trial report in Journal of school psychology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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38 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 136 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review and equity analysis of school-based violence prevention interventions evaluated in randomised controlled trials.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Exploring mindfulness interventions across cultures: a comparative meta-analysis of mindfulness interventions for athletes in Western and Eastern contexts.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Gender differences in the influence of app-based mindfulness meditation on emotion regulation: a randomised controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Positive impacts of a universal trauma-informed intervention on student mental health: The Project POWER trial.Journal of school psychology · 2025Trial
- Meditation dosage predicts self- and teacher-perceived responsiveness to an 18-month randomised controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Teachers' stress and training in a school-based mindfulness program: Implementation results from a cluster randomized controlled trial.Journal of school psychology · 2024Trial
- Effects of school-based mindfulness intervention on health-related quality of life: moderating effect of gender, grade, and independent practice in cluster randomized controlled trial.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2021Trial
- Virtual EMO-Mind: Exploring the Benefits of Virtual Mindfulness for Heart Rate Variability and Emotional Skills in Young Students.Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2026Article
- Unlocking Cognitive Potential: Investigating the Impact of a Single Short-Term Mindfulness Meditation Session on Working Memory in Medical Students.Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2026Article
- Development and initial validation of the Mindful Eating Behaviour Scale for children and parents.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Article
- Adolescents' trajectories of mental health in the MYRIAD trial.JCPP advances · 2026Article
- Gender Differences in Negative Life Events, Present-Moment Awareness, Problem-Solving, and Perceived Stress Among Rural Adolescents.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Understanding how adolescents engage in mindfulness-based intervention: a mixed methods study of engagement processes.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Do mindful eating intervention programs improve mindful eating and nutritional status in children?Italian journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
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- MINDhEARTH: a school-based intervention to improve personal well-being, mindfulness and connectedness to nature in adolescents.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Mindfulness in Psychosocial Research: An Integrative Literature Review of What is Studied and How.International review of social psychology · 2025Article
- Cross-lagged analysis of mobile phone addiction and bedtime procrastination: a comparison of gender and perceived stress levels among Chinese college students.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Safe spaces for youth mental health: A scoping review.PloS one · 2025Article
- A cluster randomized controlled trial examining the effects of a four-week mindfulness-based practice on primary school students' interpersonal mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and attentional focus.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Mindfulness training has been used to improve emotional wellbeing in early adolescents. However, little is known about treatment outcome moderators, or individual differences that may differentially impact responses to treatment. The current study focused on gender as a potential moderator for affective outcomes in response to school-based mindfulness training. Sixth grade students (N = 100) were randomly assigned to either the six weeks of mindfulness meditation or the active control group as part of a history class curriculum. Participants in the mindfulness meditation group completed short mindfulness meditation sessions four to five times per week, in addition to didactic instruction (Asian history). The control group received matched experiential activity in addition to didactic instruction (African history) from the same teacher with no meditation component. Self-reported measures of emotional wellbeing/affect, mindfulness, and self-compassion were obtained at pre and post intervention. Meditators reported greater improvement in emotional wellbeing compared to those in the control group. Importantly, gender differences were detected, such that female meditators reported greater increases in positive affect compared to females in the control group, whereas male meditators and control males displayed equivalent gains. Uniquely among females but not males, increases in self-reported self-compassion were associated with improvements in affect. These findings support the efficacy of school-based mindfulness interventions, and interventions tailored to accommodate distinct developmental needs of female and male adolescents.
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