SynthesisClinical child psychology and psychiatry2023
The effects of yoga on mental health in school-aged children: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of Randomised Control Trials.
Synthesis in Clinical child psychology and psychiatry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07644182 (The Effect of a Yoga Therapy Program Grounded in the Neuman Systems Model on Test Anxiety, Quality of Life, and Mindfulness Among Secondary School Students), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers.
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The Effect of a Yoga Therapy Program Grounded in the Neuman Systems Model on Test Anxiety, Quality of Life, and Mindfulness Among Secondary School Students: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.
- An online randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of an online intervention for parents/guardians of children aged 4-7 years old who are concerned about their children's emotional and behavioural development: EMERGENT study.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Trial
- Effect of a School-Based Yoga Intervention on Behavioral Intention and Yoga Practice Among Secondary School Students: A Quasi-Experimental Study in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Pre-Post Changes in Mood States Following a Single Hatha Yoga Session in Adult Women: A Community-Based Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Exercise Interventions and Attentional Performance in Children and Adolescents: Evidence from Randomized Controlled Trials.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- A practitioner-informed framework for yoga-based emotional regulation among rural adolescents.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The Impact of Mindfulness Training in Physical Education on Students' Motivation, Intention, and Physical Activity.International journal of school health · 2025Article
- Interoception and its application to paediatric occupational therapy: A scoping review.Australian occupational therapy journal · 2025Article
- The effect of kids yoga practices on attention levels and frontal EEG theta/beta ratio.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Reimagining adolescent well-being through yoga as a public health paradigm.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Experiences of Second-Grade Primary School Children and Their Teachers in a Mind-Body Activity Program: A Descriptive Qualitative Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Practices: A Narrative Review Elucidating the Impact on Healthcare Systems, Mechanisms and Paediatric Applications.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- A Systematic Review of Yoga Interventions on the Mental Health of Nursing Professionals and Students.International journal of yogaArticle
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
It is becoming increasingly common for frontline clinicians to see children and teenagers struggle with their mental health. Since mental health issues have increased over the past ten years in the UK, they are now the leading cause of disability and cost the British economy £105 billion annually. The review discusses the evidence base underpinning the effect of yoga on children's mental health and summarises the results of 21 research papers. The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, PsycINFO, ERIC, Web of Science, PubMed, Medline and Cochrane Library were searched through Ovid from January 2008 until May 2022. The keywords 'yoga OR mindfulness - AND school AND children OR child OR youth OR adolescent' were used. The search was limited to studies in the English language. The quality of each study was rated against Version 2 of the Cochrane risk-of-bias tool for randomised control trials and a set of inclusion and exclusion criteria. The evidence for yoga therapies in children is encouraging, although studies include methodological flaws such as small sample sizes and sparse information on interventions. This review has highlighted that yoga interventions may be implemented in schools as a preventative and therapeutic measure for mental health issues.
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