Mindfulness Based Programs Implemented with At-Risk Adolescents

Rawlett, Kristen E.; Scrandis, Debra A.

doi:10.2174/187443460160101090

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“…As the results of the tables showed, MBRP educational intervention had a significant effect on craving reduction. These findings are consistent with previous findings (34). MBRP has effectively increased the effectiveness of drug dependence treatment in improving the mental health of patients.…”

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Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention to Reduce High Risk Behaviors of People Addicted to Methamphetamine

Hamidi

Kheiran

2019

Int J High Risk Behav Addict

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Background:The cognitive behavior model of addiction forms the basis for relapse prevention, an intervention that attempts to describe, understand, prevent, and manage relapse in individuals who have received, or are receiving, treatment for substance use disorders. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) educational interventions to reduce some high-risk behaviors like aggression and craving in people with methamphetamine dependence in Kashan (a city of IR Iran). Patient and Methods:The present research was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest and a control group. Samples concluded 30 males and females with diagnosis of methamphetamine dependence based on DSM-5 criteria and randomly divided into two groups of experimental and control groups each with 15 subjects. Two groups completed the Craving Beliefs questionnaire (CBQ) and Eysenck and Wilson's Aggression questionnaire. The experimental group received 8 sessions of 1.5 hours, under the preventive training of MBRP and after the completion of the intervention sessions, the variables in the post-test stage were re-measured in two groups. Results: Data was analyzed by descriptive statistics and analysis of covariance. Results showed a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in two variables (P < 0.01). MBRP intervention decrease craving and aggression in clients as hard risk behaviors of methamphetamine-dependent individuals. Eta coefficients were 27% for craving and 53% for aggression. Conclusions: Research indicated mindfulness training intervention as MBRP was effective for addicts to amphetamines. This method of prevention helped them increase their ability of coping with temptation and high-risk behaviors as the symptoms of the abortion.

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Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention to Reduce High Risk Behaviors of People Addicted to Methamphetamine

Hamidi

Kheiran

2019

Int J High Risk Behav Addict

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“…While mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) has been shown to be an effective intervention when adapted to teens (MBSR-T) (Biegel, Chang, Garrett, & Edwards, 2014), few studies (n = 11) have investigated mindfulness in at-risk adolescents, and even fewer (n = 3) have been randomized controlled trials (Rawlett & Scrandis, 2015). Here, we highlight a few notable studies examining the impact of mindfulness in children and adolescents and their implications for mollifying negative consequences of ELA.…”

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confidence: 99%

Is There an Ace Up Our Sleeve? A Review of Interventions and Strategies for Addressing Behavioral and Neurobiological Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Youth

2020

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Exposure to early life adversity (ELA) is a major public health crisis posing as a significant risk of immediate and sustained mental and physical health consequences. While a remarkable body of knowledge has been amassed showing psychological, cognitive, social, developmental, and neurobiological consequences of ELA exposure, little has been done to improve the longterm mental and physical health outcomes for youth exposed to ELA. Furthermore, neurobiological processes underlying poor outcomes in this population have been largely left out of prevention and intervention target efforts. In this review, we first describe ELA-related alterations across psychological and neurobiological systems in children and adolescents. Next, we describe existing evidence-based interventions targeting ELA-related outcomes. We then turn to experimental studies examining individual differences in mechanistic functioning consequent to ELA exposure, and strategies that target these mechanisms and modulate disrupted functioning. Finally, we highlight areas of future research that may be promising in engaging behavioral and neurobiological targets through novel preventive interventions or augmentation of existing interventions, thereby reducing negative mental and physical health outcomes later in life.

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“…Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), formulated by Jon Kabat-Zinn12, 13 teaches clients an ancient and transforming practice as an adjunct to their medical treatments. MBSR programs are successful in decreasing stress and increasing coping in adults and can be modified for youth 14 . These modifications may include decreased meditation time, mindful eating practice at each session and shortening the course duration from 8 to 6 weeks 15 .…”

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Mindfulness based intervention with an attentional comparison group in at risk young adolescents: a pilot randomized controlled trial

Rawlett¹,

Friedmann²,

Thomas³

2019

Integrative Medicine Research

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Background Risky behaviors are related to poor outcomes among young adolescents. This study piloted a mindfulness based intervention, Learning 2 Breath Mindfulness Curriculum, focusing on the feasibility of programming and intervention effects on coping, affect, and trait mindfulness among at-risk adolescents. Further, the mindfulness based intervention was compared to an attention intervention. Methods Sixth-grade level female students in a boarding school for at-risk youth randomly allocated to either the mindfulness intervention ( n = 12) or an attention intervention ( n = 11) for six weeks. Outcomes (i.e., primary coping, positive affect, and trait mindfulness) were assessed before and after the interventions. Results Intervention groups did not differ in demographics or outcomes at baseline. Twenty-two of 23 (95.7%) registered participants attended all of the sessions. Participants completed 86.4% of study tools. Separate repeated measures ANOVAs revealed no significant interactions among group and time for primary coping, positive affect, or mindfulness. However, positive affect did increase [ F (1, 17) = 10.675, p = 0.005, partial η 2 = 0.39] over time for both groups and there was a slight increase in trait mindfulness over time (although not statistically significant; p = 0.095, partial η 2 = 0.155]). Primary coping did not change with time. Conclusion The mindfulness intervention utilized in the present study exhibited feasibility in this population. Although preliminary, mindfulness based interventions may contribute to positive affect among at-risk youth in a boarding school. Limitations and future directions are discussed.

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Mindfulness Based Programs Implemented with At-Risk Adolescents

Cited by 10 publications

References 31 publications

Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention to Reduce High Risk Behaviors of People Addicted to Methamphetamine

Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention to Reduce High Risk Behaviors of People Addicted to Methamphetamine

Is There an Ace Up Our Sleeve? A Review of Interventions and Strategies for Addressing Behavioral and Neurobiological Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Youth

Mindfulness based intervention with an attentional comparison group in at risk young adolescents: a pilot randomized controlled trial

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