Implementing a School-based Mindfulness Curriculum

NCT05855564 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: School
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 800
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

The outcomes and implementation processes of the school based mindfulness program, as a universal prevention program in classroom as and support group programs for students with special education needs will be investigated. The study of classroom program will apply quasi-experimental design, comparing the pretest and posttest of seven primary schools with implementation of mindfulness programs with three schools with ordinary school activities only. A total of 800 students will be recruited to receive an eight session mindfulness program in classroom as a universal prevention program. Ten support group for students with special education needs will apply mindfulness programs, and its outcome will be evaluated using repeated time measures.

Conditions

Mental Health Wellness 1

Keywords

student mental health; school-based mindfulness training; students with special needs

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• positive self-perception

  measured by Self-Evaluation Scale for Children. Values from 0 to 80. The higher the score, the stronger the positive self-perception

  immediately before the intervention, and immediately after the intervention

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• peer relationship

  before the intervention, and immediately after the intervention

• attitude towards school

  before the intervention, and immediately after the intervention

• organized, nondisruptive, and nonimpulsive behaviors

  before the intervention, and immediately after the intervention

• executive functioning

  before the intervention, and immediately after the intervention

• creativity

  before the intervention, and immediately after the intervention.

Study Arms (1)

School-based Mindfulness program

EXPERIMENTAL

Eight session of mindfulness-based program based on Mindfulness Matters developed by Eline Snel

Behavioral: mindfulness matters

Interventions

mindfulness matters BEHAVIORAL

Classroom program will be provided to primary one students in eight primary schools and they will receive an 8 session mindfulness matters program, developed by Eline Snel, delivered by their teachers. Each session lasts for 30 minutes. The program includes mindfulness exercises, psychoeducation, discussion and sharing activities. For students with special needs, same programs will be delivered by teachers or social workers in small groups and each groups has 4 to 7 students. Program content is consistent with the classroom program.

School-based Mindfulness program

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 6 Years - 8 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• students in participating schools
• students with parent's consent

You may not qualify if:

• student without parent's consent

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University: lead

Study Sites (2)

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Hong Kong, 852, Hong Kong

Location

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 3, 2023
• First Posted: May 11, 2023
• Study Start: October 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: July 15, 2023
• Study Completion: October 15, 2023
• Last Updated: March 5, 2024

Record last verified: 2023-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

HK (2)