Resilience and emotional and behavioral problems of adolescents in China: Effects of a short-term and intensive mindfulness and life skills training

Huang, Chien Chung; Chen, Yafan; Greene, Loren; Cheung, Shannon; Wei, Yuhan

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.03.015

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“…In one study, the mindfulness intervention group reported significant decreases on rumination, intrusive thoughts, and emotional arousal [ 78 ]. In another mindfulness-based intervention that incorporated concepts from life skill training, mindfulness was associated with reductions in adolescent emotional and behavioral problems, while life skills were associated with greater resilience [ 39 , 55 ]. Given our findings, interventions such as these can be used to improve the QoL of students.…”

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“…The 14-item Mindful Attention Awareness Scale for Adolescents (MAAS-A) was used to assess mindfulness. The MAAS-A has been validated for adolescents [ 54 ] and has good validity and reliability for use of the Chinese version with Chinese adolescents [ 55 ]. The 14 items asked participants to identify the frequency over the past four weeks with which they experience feelings, behaviors, or mindful thoughts such as “I rush through activities without being really attentive to them” and “I break or spill things because of carelessness, not paying attention, or thinking of something else.” The score for each item ranged from 1 to 6 (almost never to almost always).…”

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Mind Over Matter: Mindfulness, Income, Resilience, and Life Quality of Vocational High School Students in China

Cheung

Chen

Huang

2020

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Many social welfare programs focus on the provision of cash assistance and cash transfers to improve the quality of life (QoL) of those living in low-income households. While there is literature to support a positive relationship between income and QoL, studies have shown that QoL is impacted by non-income-related factors. This study examined the effects of income and mindfulness on QoL through a mediator, resilience, and attempts to answer the question of how important income is to QoL, relative to a non-income-based determinant, mindfulness. Using a sample of 905 emerging adults from the senior class of a secondary vocational high school based in an impoverished county of China, we studied two key determinants of QoL, income and mindfulness, as well as respective pathways, during a particularly critical stage of life. The results indicated that mindfulness had strong direct and indirect effects on QoL via resilience, while income had only limited indirect effects on QoL via resilience. Policy implications were discussed.

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Mind Over Matter: Mindfulness, Income, Resilience, and Life Quality of Vocational High School Students in China

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Huang

2020

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“…MAAS is related to a variety of emotion regulation, behavior regulation, mental health, and well-being phenomena [ 60 ]. Past studies have shown that the Chinese version of MAAS is both valid and reliable for use with Chinese populations [ 51 , 61 ]. The 15 items asked participants to identify the frequency at which they experience feelings, behaviors, or mindful thoughts over the past four weeks.…”

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“…Second, studies on mindfulness and PWB and other life outcomes have shown that mindfulness promotes students’ academic performance [ 47 , 48 ], advances social and emotional competence [ 49 , 50 , 51 ] and alleviates emotional and behavioral problems [ 51 , 52 ]. Researchers have identified mindfulness as a potential promotive factor of PWB [ 7 , 12 ].…”

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Adverse Childhood Experiences and Psychological Well-Being in Chinese College Students: Mediation Effect of Mindfulness

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Literature on the antecedents of psychological well-being (PWB) has found that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and mindfulness are associated with PWB; less is known, however, about the role of mindfulness, a type of emotional and self-regulation, in the pathway between ACEs and PWB. This study used data from 1871 college students across China to examine the relation between ACEs and PWB, and whether the relation was mediated by mindfulness. The findings from structural equation modelling indicate a statistically significant negative association between ACEs and PWB, while mindfulness was strongly and positively associated with PWB. The effect of ACEs on PWB was reduced once mindfulness was controlled for in the analysis. This provides evidence that mindfulness was able to partially mediate the effects of negative life experiences on psychological well-being. This calls for mindfulness interventions targeted toward students with a history of ACEs to buffer the effects of ACEs on PWB.

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“…Resilience is the capability to sustain functioning and achieve adaptive outcomes in the face of adversity (Masten, 2007). Studies suggest that resilience works to eliminate or buffer the negative outcomes associated with adverse childhood experiences (Huang et al, 2018). More specifically, research has shown that resilience moderates the effects of depressive symptoms on adverse childhood experiences (Silk et al, 2007; Z.-K. Zhou et al, 2017), mental health problems (X.…”

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A Scoping Review of Resilience-Focused Interventions of Kunjing Children in Mainland China

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Zhang

Fan

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Purpose: Kunjing children refer to those who endure harsh living conditions due to family poverty, health problems, and lack of parental care in Mainland China. This scoping review aims to explore interventions promoting the resilience of kunjing children in China. Method: Both Chinese and English studies published by January 2020 were reviewed through a comprehensive search of articles in Web of Science and Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure. Empirical studies targeting resilience-focused interventions for kunjing children in China were selected. Results: A total of 12 studies were reviewed. Seven studies tested interventions involving only kunjing children, and the other five involved both children and parents/caregivers. Children with health problems and those who lack parental care participated in the programs, but children in poverty were absent. Group-based interventions were the most commonly used programs, which were effective. Conclusion: The current state of intervention studies calls for programs that promote resilience of kunjing children and their parents/caregivers.

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Resilience and emotional and behavioral problems of adolescents in China: Effects of a short-term and intensive mindfulness and life skills training

Cited by 34 publications

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Mind Over Matter: Mindfulness, Income, Resilience, and Life Quality of Vocational High School Students in China

Mind Over Matter: Mindfulness, Income, Resilience, and Life Quality of Vocational High School Students in China

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Psychological Well-Being in Chinese College Students: Mediation Effect of Mindfulness

A Scoping Review of Resilience-Focused Interventions of Kunjing Children in Mainland China

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