ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Scoping Review of Yoga in Schools: Mental Health and Cognitive Outcomes in Both Neurotypical and Neurodiverse Youth Populations.
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- The impact of a 12-Week yoga intervention on attentional performance in school-aged children: a randomized controlled trial in Western China.BMC public health · 2025Trial
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- Reimagining adolescent well-being through yoga as a public health paradigm.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Adaptive cognitive control in 4 to 7-year-old children and potential effects of school-based yoga-mindfulness interventions: an exploratory study in Italy.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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- The Influence of Educational Determinants on Children's Health: A Scoping Review of Reviews.Public health reviews · 2024Article
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Anxiety Disorders in Youth: Coping with Stress, Worry, and Recovering from a Pandemic.Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America · 2023Review
- Effects of Integrating Different Types of Physical Activity into Virtual Rapid Word Learning Instruction for Children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing.Topics in language disordersArticle
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Abstract
Yoga is used widely as a therapeutic tool for physical and mental well-being. The mind-body activity could be an inclusive and cost-effective intervention used within schools to help tackle the mental health crisis in youth populations. To date, research has focused on mainly neurotypical youth populations. However, greater acknowledgement of the impact for neurodiverse youth populations is warranted. Therefore, the aim of this scoping review is to understand what is known about the relationships between yoga in schools and mental health and cognition in neurotypical and neurodiverse youth populations.
methodsThis review followed O'Malley and Arskey's methodological framework. A comprehensive database search using fundamental keywords and index terms was conducted. Screening was carried out in Covidence
resultsSubstantial evidence to support the use of school-based yoga programmes for the improvement of anxiety, self-concept, resilience, depression, self-esteem, subjective and psychological well-being, executive function, inhibition, working memory, attention and academic performance in neurotypical populations was found. Evidence to support school-based yoga programmes in neurodiverse populations with improvements in self-concept, subjective well-being, executive function, academic performance and attention was also found.
conclusionsThe findings support the provision of yoga in schools to improve mental health and cognition whilst also creating clear pathways for future research and school-based yoga intervention development.
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