A trial of mindfulness meditation to reduce anger and violence in Thai youth, quasi-experimental desig
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Anger in Thai youthsAlternative and Complementary Medicine - Other alternative and complementary medicine
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12613000670774
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr. Nualnong Wongtongkam
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 96
Inclusion Criteria
Full-time students in all year levels within every department in a technical college.
Exclusion Criteria
Exclusion criteria is absent interventions at least 3 days. Also, they have lost contact, dropped out and expelled from the college in post-intervention period (1-3 month).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Anger emotions determine as high anger when are above 75th percentile, and normal emotion when are lower than 75th percentile.<br><br>The State–Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI-2) scale is a 32-item questionnaire developed to measure characteristic styles of anger emotions. [Pre-test is assessed one week prior to intervention. Post-test is conducted 1 and 3 months follow-up.];Violence behaviours measure harmful activities within 30 days. <br><br>The measure of violent behavior used in this study was based on the Pittsburgh Youth Study’s measure of serious violence. The self-reported measure consists of five items: aggravated assault; two robbery items; rape; and gang fights.[Pre-test measurement is implemented 1 week before, and 1 and 3 months post-test after finishing intervention. ]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 'Nil'['Nil']