ArticleGlobal advances in health and medicine2020
Training School Teachers to Deliver a Mindfulness Program: Exploring Scalability, Acceptability, Effectiveness, and Cost-effectiveness.
Article in Global advances in health and medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06528132 (Social Worker-led Mindfulness-based Intervention for Managing Depressive Symptoms in Community-dwelling Older Adults in Hong Kong), which is not on this map. Cited by 16 papers.
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Social Worker-led Mindfulness-based Intervention for Managing Depressive Symptoms in Community-dwelling Older Adults in Hong Kong: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed.
- Teachers' stress and training in a school-based mindfulness program: Implementation results from a cluster randomized controlled trial.Journal of school psychology · 2024Trial
- "I definitely think I can flourish": Exploring First Year College Student Experiences in a Flourishing-focused Class.Counselling psychology quarterly · 2026Article
- Developing implementer competence: trainees' experiences during a training program for an emotion regulation intervention in schools.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Mindfulness teacher training enhances interoceptive awareness and reduces emotional distress: a controlled study.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Adolescents do not benefit from universal school-based mindfulness interventions: a reanalysis of Dunning et al. (2022).Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Adopting the principles and practices of learning health systems in universities and colleges: recommendations for delivering actionable data to improve student mental health.Cogent mental health · 2024Article
- Do Adolescents Like School-Based Mindfulness Training? Predictors of Mindfulness Practice and Responsiveness in the MYRIAD Trial.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2023Article
- Beyond All Splits: Envisioning the Next Generation of Science on Mindfulness and Compassion in Schools for Students.Mindfulness · 2023Article
- Universal Mindfulness Training in Schools for Adolescents: a Scoping Review and Conceptual Model of Moderators, Mediators, and Implementation Factors.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2022Article
- Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of universal school-based mindfulness training compared with normal school provision in reducing risk of mental health problems and promoting well-being in adolescence: the MYRIAD cluster randomised controlled trial.Evidence-based mental health · 2022Article
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- Teachers "Finding Peace in a Frantic World": An Experimental Study of Self-Taught and Instructor-Led Mindfulness Program Formats on Acceptability, Effectiveness, and Mechanisms.Journal of educational psychology · 2021Article
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- Frequency of Self-reported Unpleasant Events and Harm in a Mindfulness-Based Program in Two General Population Samples.Mindfulness · 2021Article
- Using the Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Teaching Assessment Criteria (MBI:TAC) in Supervision.Global advances in health and medicine · 2021Article
- Intervention Fidelity in Mindfulness-Based Research and Practice: Overview of the Special Collection and State of the Field.Global advances in integrative medicine and healthArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThere is growing research support for the use of mindfulness training (MT) in schools, but almost no high-quality evidence about different training models for people wishing to teach mindfulness in this setting. Effective dissemination of MT relies on the development of scalable training routes.
objectiveTo compare 4 training routes for school teachers wishing to deliver MT differing in intensity and potential scalability, considering teaching competency, training acceptability, and cost-effectiveness.
methodsSchools were randomized to an existing route comprising an 8-session instructor-led personal mindfulness course, combined with 4-day MT program training, or 1 of 3 more scalable, lower intensity, alternatives: an instructor-led personal mindfulness course combined with 1-day MT program training, a self-taught personal mindfulness course (delivered through a course book) combined with 4-day MT program training, and a self-taught personal mindfulness course combined with 1-day MT program training.
resultsAttrition from training was substantial across all routes. The instructor-led course was more effective than the self-taught course in increasing teachers' personal mindfulness skills. Even the most intensive (existing) training route brought only 29% of the teachers
conclusionsThis research questions the move toward abbreviating teacher training to increase scalability and suggests instead that many teachers require additional support to ensure competency from first delivery of MT in the classroom.
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