ArticlePloS one2023
Mindfulness supports emotional resilience in children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- A randomized controlled trial of an online mindfulness program for adolescents at risk for internalizing problems.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2025Trial
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- Dynamic interactions among anxiety, emotional stability, and mindfulness: a cross-lagged panel network analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The Impact of Mindfulness Training in Physical Education on Students' Motivation, Intention, and Physical Activity.International journal of school health · 2025Article
- How to create a mindful community of practice: exploring the social functions of group-based mindfulness practices facilitated via Zoom during COVID-19.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Connectome-Based Predictive Modeling of Trait Mindfulness.Human brain mapping · 2025Article
- Network characteristics of emotional resilience, anxiety, and depression among Chinese adolescents and their gender differences.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- The effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for children on anxiety, attentional control, and emotion regulation in children: a study protocol.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Dynamic Functional Connectivity Correlates of Trait Mindfulness in Early Adolescence.Biological psychiatry global open science · 2024Article
- 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
- Connectome predictive modeling of trait mindfulness.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Dynamic functional connectivity correlates of trait mindfulness in early adolescence.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Exploring the use of the perceived stress scale for children as an instrument for measuring stress among children and adolescents: a scoping review.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- At-home use of app-based mindfulness for children: A randomized active-controlled trial.Mindfulness · 2023Article
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Abstract
An important aspect of mental health in children is emotional resilience: the capacity to adapt to, and recover from, stressors and emotional challenges. Variation in trait mindfulness, one's disposition to attend to experiences with an open and nonjudgmental attitude, may be an important individual difference in children that supports emotional resilience. In this study, we investigated whether trait mindfulness was related to emotional resilience in response to stressful changes in education and home-life during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. We conducted a correlational study examining self-report data from July 2020 to February 2021, from 163 eight-to ten-year-old children living in the US. Higher trait mindfulness scores correlated with less stress, anxiety, depression, and negative affect in children, and lower ratings of COVID-19 impact on their lives. Mindfulness moderated the relationship between COVID-19 child impact and negative affect. Children scoring high on mindfulness showed no correlation between rated COVID-19 impact and negative affect, whereas those who scored low on mindfulness showed a positive correlation between child COVID-19 impact and negative affect. Higher levels of trait mindfulness may have helped children to better cope with a wide range of COVID-19 stressors. Future studies should investigate the mechanisms by which trait mindfulness supports emotional resilience in children.
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