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A trial of mindfulness meditation to reduce anger and violence in Thai youth, quasi-experimental desig

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Anger in Thai youths
Alternative 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
NameTimeMethod
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
NameTimeMethod
'Nil'['Nil']
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