Trial reportProgress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry2021
Philosophy for children and mindfulness during COVID-19: Results from a randomized cluster trial and impact on mental health in elementary school students.
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- Interventions to build resilience and to ameliorate negative psychosocial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Online and Remote Interventions for Mental Health in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR mental health · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions to improve well-being among children and youth aged 6-17 years during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review.BMC medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Living through the psychological consequences of COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review of effective mitigating interventions.BMJ open · 2022Pooled it
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- Effects of online collaborative learning and simulation-based learning on pedagogical knowledge and teaching efficacy in digital education.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Promoting Mental Well-being in Iranian Children: Assessing the Impact of a Philosophy for Children Program Through Behavioral Evaluation.Basic and clinical neuroscience · 2025Article
- Looking at Philosophy for Children and Its Outcomes Through a Neuroscience Lens.Basic and clinical neuroscience · 2025Review
- Psychological Interventions and Those With Elements of Positive Psychology for Child and Youth Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Literature Review, Lessons Learned, and Areas for Future Knowledge Dissemination.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2024Review
- A feasibility study of mindfulness-based interventions for children.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2024Article
- Global landscape of COVID-19 research: a visualization analysis of randomized clinical trials.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2024Article
- Meaning making and fostering radical hope: applying positive psychology to eco-anxiety research in youth.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2024Review
- Feasibility, acceptability, and perceived benefits of a creative arts intervention for elementary school children living with speech, language and communication disorders.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- At-home use of app-based mindfulness for children: A randomized active-controlled trial.Mindfulness · 2023Article
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- A Scoping Review of Trauma-Informed Pediatric Interventions in Response to Natural and Biologic Disasters.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- A muti-informant national survey on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health symptoms of parent-child dyads in Canada.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Depression and Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Epidemiology, Mechanism, and Treatment.Neuroscience bulletin · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundPreliminary evidence suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on children's mental health. Given these problems can have significant impacts throughout the lifespan, preventing the negative repercussions of COVID-19 on children's mental health is essential. Philosophy for children (P4C) and mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) show promise in this regard.
objectiveThe goal of the present study was to compare the impact of online MBI and P4C interventions on mental health, within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. We used a randomized cluster trial to assess and compare the impact of both interventions on elementary school students' (N = 37) anxiety and inattention symptoms as well as on their basic psychological need satisfaction (BPN).
resultsANCOVAs revealed a significant effect of the P4C intervention on mental health difficulties, controlling for baseline levels. Participants in the P4C group showed lower scores on the measured symptoms at post-test than participants in the MBI group. Significant effects of the MBI on levels of BPN were also found. Participants in the MBI intervention reported greater BPN satisfaction at post-test than participants in the P4C intervention.
conclusionResults from this study suggest that, in the current context of the COVID-19 pandemic, a P4C intervention centered around COVID-19 related themes may be helpful to reduce mental health difficulties, that a MBI may be useful to satisfy BPN, and that both interventions were easy to offer online to elementary school students. Future work including a larger sample size and follow-up measures is warranted. PUBLIC SIGNIFICANCE: Practice: Philosophy for children (P4C) and mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) can be used to foster mental health in elementary school students, in the current COVID-19 context. Policy: As we do not anticipate that facilitators will be allowed in schools during the 2020-2021 school year and that children will, most likely, be attending school in the current COVID-19 context, policymakers who want to implement psychological support measures in elementary schools should consider an online modality, which has shown in this study to work well, be feasible, and yield positive results on youth mental health.
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