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ArticleApplied developmental science2025

Mindfulness Training Enhances Students' Executive Functioning and Social Emotional Skills.

Lisa Flook, Matthew J Hirshberg, Lori Gustafson, Chad McGehee, Cara Knoeppel, Lawrence Y Tello, Daniel M Bolt, Richard J Davidson

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Article in Applied developmental science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Lisa FlookCenter for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison.ORCID 0000-0001-7832-090X
Matthew J HirshbergCenter for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison.ORCID 0000-0001-9070-1270
Lori GustafsonCenter for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison.ORCID 0000-0001-7955-2470
Chad McGeheeCenter for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison.ORCID 0000-0003-0774-0442
Cara KnoeppelEducational Psychology and Learning Systems, Florida State University.ORCID 0000-0001-7761-624X
Lawrence Y TelloCalifornia Department of Public Health.ORCID 0000-0002-9051-8342
Daniel M BoltDepartment of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.ORCID 0000-0001-7593-4439
Richard J DavidsonCenter for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison.ORCID 0000-0002-8506-4964

Funding

Smartphone-based meditation training to reduce adolescent depressionK01MH130752 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Matthew Hirshberg · 2023 to 2026
$540k
NIMH NIH HHS K01 MH130752
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

More research is needed to understand the effects of school-based mindfulness programs in the years before adolescence, which represent a critical juncture and transitional period of development. The present study investigated mindfulness with elementary school students using random assignment and objective measures. The sample included 292 5

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Emotional regulationExecutive functionInterventionMindfulnessProsocial behaviorSocial emotional skills

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PMID40255444
PMCPMC12007814

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