Implementing a School-based Mindfulness Curriculum

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mental Health Wellness 1
• Interventions: Behavioral: mindfulness matters

• Registration Number: NCT05855564
• Lead Sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-10-01
• Status Verified: 2023-03
• Study First Submitted: 2023-04-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-05-03
• Study First Posted: 2023-05-11
• Primary Completion: 2023-07-15
• Study Completion: 2023-10-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-03-04
• Last Update Posted: 2024-03-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 800

Inclusion Criteria

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

Exclusion Criteria

• student without parent's consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
School-based Mindfulness program	mindfulness matters	Eight session of mindfulness-based program based on Mindfulness Matters developed by Eline Snel

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
positive self-perception	immediately before the intervention, and immediately after the intervention	measured by Self-Evaluation Scale for Children. Values from 0 to 80. The higher the score, the stronger the positive self-perception

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
organized, nondisruptive, and nonimpulsive behaviors	before the intervention, and immediately after the intervention	measured by Self-Evaluation Scale for Children. Values from 0 to 70. The higher the score, the higher the severity of problem behaviors
attitude towards school	before the intervention, and immediately after the intervention	measured by Assessment Programme for Affective and Social Outcomes (2nd Version). Values from 6 to 24. The higher the score, the stronger the positive attitude towards school.
self-regulation	before the intervention, and immediately after the intervention	measured by The Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders (HTKS) task
peer relationship	before the intervention, and immediately after the intervention	measured by Assessment Programme for Affective and Social Outcomes (2nd Version). Values from 6 to 24. The higher the score, the better the peer relationship
executive functioning	before the intervention, and immediately after the intervention	measured by ratings of parent and teacher of Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, second edition. The scale includes subscales in inhibit, self-monitor, behavior regulation, emotion regulation, cognitive regulation. The higher the score, the stronger the functioning.
cortisol	before the intervention, and immediately after the intervention	measured by salivary cortisol (this measure is administered for students with special needs only)
creativity	before the intervention, and immediately after the intervention.	measured by the Test for Creative Thinking-Drawing Production. The completed drawings are scored according to the following 10 criteria : (1) continuations, (2) completion, (3) new element, (4 ) connections made with a (5) connections made to produce a theme, (6) boundary breaking that is fragment dependent, (7) boundary breaking that is fragment independent, (8) perspective, (9) humour and affective, (10) unconventionality. The scores for all the criteria except unconventionality range d from 0 to 6. Each unconventionality criterion was score d either 0 or 3. The maximum score is 60. The higher the score, the higher the creativity.

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Hong Kong Polytechnic University; 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong Kong