Effects of Mindfulness Training on Emotional Care

NCT04518631 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: UHongKong(PandA)
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 299
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Teachers in Hong Kong are susceptible to professional stress and its associated psychosomatic illnesses. To enhance teachers' well-being, mindfulness training is conducted in local schools. The present study is a randomized controlled trial to investigate 1) the effects of mindfulness training on teachers' well-being (i.e. general health, positive affect, life satisfaction, stress, negative affect), and 2) the mechanisms underlying the effectiveness of mindfulness (i.e. emotional care strategies including anchoring, decentering, and acceptance). Participants will be randomized to either intervention (8-week .b Foundations/ .begin course) or waiting-list control condition. They will complete survey before (baseline), after (post-intervention), and two-months (follow-up) after the intervention.

Conditions

Mental Health Issue

Keywords

mindfulness; teacher mental health; emotional care; mindfulness-based intervention for teachers

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Change in General Health

  General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), 12 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)

  Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention

• Change in Stress

  Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), 10 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)

  Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention

• Change in Anchoring

  5 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)

  Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention

• Change in Decentering

  Non Reactivity Subscale of Chinese Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ-C), 4 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)

  Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention

• Change in Acceptance

  Acceptance subscale of Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised (CAMS-R), 3 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)

  Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• Change in Life satisfaction

  Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention

• Change in Positive affect

  Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention

• Change in Negative affect

  Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention

• Change in Reappraisal

  Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention

• Change in Suppression

  Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention

Study Arms (2)

8-week mindfulness program

EXPERIMENTAL

8-week .b Foundations course

Behavioral: 8-week mindfulness program

Wait-list control

NO INTERVENTION

Participants in wait-list control group will receive the same intervention, two months after their counterparts in experimental group completed the intervention.

Interventions

8-week mindfulness program BEHAVIORAL

The .b Foundations course is an 8-week mindfulness program developed by Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP) for school teachers and personnel. It includes a taster session and 8 weekly sessions. Each session lasts for 1.5 hours with a specific theme (e.g. Lesson 1 waking up from autopilot). Formal and informal mindfulness practices (e.g. mindful eating, body scan, mindful walking, habit releaser etc.), psychoeducation, cognitive exercises, inquiry, and home practice are involved.

8-week mindfulness program

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Aged 18 years old or above
• Working in local schools or education institutions
• Willing to participate in mindfulness training voluntarily

You may not qualify if:

• Experiencing severe or unstable mental health condition currently
• Completed 8-week mindfulness training previously
• Unwilling to go by random assignment

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Hong Kong: lead
• Chinese University of Hong Kong: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Jockey Club "Peace and Awareness" Mindfulness Culture in Schools Initiative, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Director of Jockey Club Peace and Awareness Mindfulness Culture in Schools Initiative

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 12, 2020
• First Posted: August 19, 2020
• Study Start: July 1, 2020
• Primary Completion: March 31, 2021
• Study Completion: March 31, 2021
• Last Updated: September 8, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-09

Locations

HK (1)