Effectiveness of a school-based mindfulness program for transdiagnostic prevention in young adolescents.

Anxiety, depression and eating disorders show peak emergence during adolescence and share common risk factors. School-based prevention programs provide a unique opportunity to access a broad spectrum of the population during a key developmental window, but to date, no program targets all three condi...

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Publicado en:Behaviour Research & Therapy Vol. 81; pp. 1 - 12
Autores principales: Johnson, Catherine, Burke, Christine, Brinkman, Sally, Wade, Tracey
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. Jun2016
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          Johnson, Catherine
          Burke, Christine
          Brinkman, Sally
          Wade, Tracey
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          School of Psychology, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
          Institute of Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University, Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia
          Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
          School of Population Health, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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        Depression in adolescence
        Mindfulness
        Pathological psychology
        Anxiety
        Socioeconomics
        Psychology of school children
        Therapeutics
        Eating disorders in adolescence
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          Depression in adolescence
          Mindfulness
          Pathological psychology
          Anxiety
          Socioeconomics
          Psychology of school children
          Therapeutics
          Eating disorders in adolescence
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        Adolescence
        Prevention
        Schools
        Transdiagnostic
        Adolescence
        Prevention
        Schools
        Transdiagnostic
      ab: Anxiety, depression and eating disorders show peak emergence during adolescence and share common risk factors. School-based prevention programs provide a unique opportunity to access a broad spectrum of the population during a key developmental window, but to date, no program targets all three conditions concurrently. Mindfulness has shown promising early results across each of these psychopathologies in a small number of controlled trials in schools, and therefore this study investigated its use in a randomised controlled design targeting anxiety, depression and eating disorder risk factors together for the first time. Students ( M age 13.63; SD = .43) from a broad band of socioeconomic demographics received the eight lesson, once weekly.b (“Dot be”) mindfulness in schools curriculum ( N = 132) or normal lessons ( N = 176). Anxiety, depression, weight/shape concerns and wellbeing were the primary outcome factors. Although acceptability measures were high, no significant improvements were found on any outcome at post-intervention or 3-month follow-up. Adjusted mean differences between groups at post-intervention were .03 (95% CI: −.06 to −.11) for depression, .01 (−.07 to −.09) for anxiety, .02 (−.05 to −.08) for weight/shape concerns, and .06 (−.08 to −.21) for wellbeing. Anxiety was higher in the mindfulness than the control group at follow-up for males, and those of both genders with low baseline levels of weight/shape concerns or depression. Factors that may be important to address for effective dissemination of mindfulness-based interventions in schools are discussed. Further research is required to identify active ingredients and optimal dose in mindfulness-based interventions in school settings.
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