SynthesisStress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress2022
The effects of school-based interventions on physiological stress in adolescents: A meta-analysis.
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Transforming Adolescent Perception and Mental Health Through Meditation and Cognitive Reappraisal A Mixed Method Study
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effects of physical activity on the mental health of typically developing children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- The effects of school-based interventions on physiological stress in adolescents: A meta-analysis.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2022Pooled it
- Preventing Stress among High School Students in Denmark through the Multicomponent Healthy High School Intervention-The Effectiveness at First Follow-Up.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- Effectiveness of School-Based Psycho-Educational Interventions in Preventing Sub-clinical Anxiety and Stress in Adolescents.Clinical child psychology and psychiatry · 2026Review
- Age Differences in the Relationship Between Outdoor Physical Activity and School Emotional Well-Being in Pre-Adolescents: A Stratified Correlation Analysis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Academic Stress and Burnout Reduction Through Mandala-Coloring and Grit-Enhancing: School-Based Interventions for Adolescents.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Chest Pain in Children: Is It Another "Growing Pain"?Paediatric & neonatal pain · 2025Review
- Association of parent-child discrepancies in educational aspirations with physical fitness, quality of life and school adaptation among adolescents: a multiple mediation model.BMC public health · 2024Article
- A Narrative Review of the Effects of Mindfulness on Sleep and Hypertension.Current hypertension reports · 2024Review
- Development of an Online Mind-Body Physical Activity Intervention for Young Adults during COVID-19: A Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Chronic stress is associated with dysregulations in the physiological stress system, resulting in diverse negative developmental outcomes. Since adolescence is a period characterized by increased stress-sensitivity, and schools are an important environment for the developing adolescent, school-based interventions promoting psychosocial functioning are of particular interest to prevent adverse outcomes. The present study therefore aimed to investigate the effectiveness of such interventions on hypothalamic pituitary adrenal-axis (i.e., cortisol) and cardiovascular (i.e., blood pressure [BP] and heart rate [HR]/heart rate variability [HRV]) parameters of stress in adolescents, and examined moderators of effectiveness. The search resulted in the inclusion of k = 9 studies for cortisol, k = 16 studies for BP, and k = 20 studies for HR/HRV. The results indicated a significant small overall effect on reducing BP, but no significant effect for HR/HRV. For cortisol, large methodological variation in the few primary studies did not allow for quantitative analyses, but a qualitative review demonstrated inconsistent results. For BP and HR/HRV, larger effects were observed for intervention programs with a mindfulness and/or meditation component, for interventions without a cognitive-behavioural component and for interventions with a higher intensity. Providing adolescents with techniques to improve indicators of physiological stress may prevent emerging mental health problems.
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