Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Program on Young Children’s Self-Regulation, Prosocial Behavior and Hyperactivity.

Classroom environments need to provide young children with opportunities to practice self-regulation in order to develop social and emotional competence. The effects of a mindfulness-based program on self-regulation, prosocial behavior and hyperactivity were examined in a study of 127 children (ages...

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Publicado en:Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 1150 - 1162
Autores principales: Viglas, Melanie, Perlman, Michal
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Apr2018
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