School-based mindfulness instruction for urban male youth: A small randomized controlled trial

Sibinga, Erica; Perry-Parrish, Carisa; Chung, Shang En; Johnson, Sara B.; Smith, Michael; Ellen, Jonathan M.

doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.08.027

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“…Furthermore, our RCT used specific strategies to ensure the delivery of high-quality program content and process in both study arms: instructors were trained, experienced, and dedicated mindfulness and health education instructors who brought expertise regarding program content and delivery; the mindfulness curriculum was previously tested and had been adapted from the evidence-based MBSR program 8,10 ; communication between program and Elev8 staff was supported by weekly meetings; and the community partnership functioned effectively to navigate challenges that arose related to logistics, school administration, and implementation.…”

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“…Our previously-adapted 12-week, school-based MBSR curriculum 10 was taught by 2 experienced MBSR instructors, both with long-standing personal meditation practices, >10 years' experience teaching mindfulness, and MBSR instructor training through the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness. The MBSR instructors met regularly to optimize program implementation.…”

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“…Based on Jon Kabat-Zinn's well-studied mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program for adults, 5,6 we had previously adapted and evaluated the MBSR program for use with urban youth in clinic [7][8][9] and school settings. 10 In particular, we conducted a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of our school-based 12-week MBSR program compared with a 12-week active control (health education) program at a small middle school for city-dwelling boys. Compared with the active control program, MBSR participants had significantly less anxiety, improved coping, and borderline attenuation of the salivary cortisol increase associated with the academic term.…”

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“…Compared with the active control program, MBSR participants had significantly less anxiety, improved coping, and borderline attenuation of the salivary cortisol increase associated with the academic term. 10 We were interested in expanding the program to urban public schools with significant need. Through collaboration with Elev8 Baltimore, a nonprofit organization aimed at optimizing linkage and utilization of school-based activities for the benefit of students and their families, we found the complementary elements for implementation.…”

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School-Based Mindfulness Instruction: An RCT

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Many urban youth experiencesignificant and unremitting negative stressors, including those associated with community violence, multigenerational poverty, failing educational systems, substance use, limited avenues for success, health risks, and trauma. Mindfulness instruction improves psychological functioning in a variety of adult populations; research on mindfulness for youth is promising, but has been conducted in limited populations. Informed by implementation science, we evaluated an adapted mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program to ameliorate the negative effects of stress and trauma among low-income, minority, middle school public school students.

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“…Over the past few years, it is becoming more commonplace to see mindful programs implemented among youth in school-, community-, and clinic-based settings. 94 Along with their adult counterparts, the use of mindfulness with youth has proven successful with various conditions, such as anxiety, 95 attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, 96,97 blood pressure and heart rate, 98,99 chronic pain, 100 inflammatory bowel disease, 101 post-traumatic stress, 102 sleep quality, 103 and heterogeneous mental health disorders. 104 …”

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A Conceptual Framework for the Expansion of Behavioral Interventions for Youth Obesity: A Family-Based Mindful Eating Approach

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Background: Currently, over 30% of US youth are overweight and 1 in 6 have metabolic syndrome, making youth obesity one of the major global health challenges of the 21st century. Few enduring treatment strategies have been identified in youth populations, and the majority of standard weight loss programs fail to adequately address the impact of psychological factors on eating behavior and the beneficial contribution of parental involvement in youth behavior change.Methods: A critical need exists to expand treatment development efforts beyond traditional education and cognitive-behavioral programs and explore alternative treatment models for youth obesity. Meditation-based mindful eating programs represent a unique and novel scientific approach to the current youth obesity epidemic given that they address key psychological variables affecting weight.Results: The recent expansion of mindfulness programs to include family relationships shows the immense potential for broadening the customarily individual focus of this intervention to include contextual factors thought to influence youth health outcomes.Conclusions: This article provides an overview of how both mindful eating and family systems theory fits within a conceptual framework in order to guide development of a comprehensive family-based mindful eating program for overweight youth.

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