Haruka M Torok, Dario Torre, D Michael Elnicki
Themes and characteristics of medical students' self-identified clerkship learning goals: a quasi-statistical qualitative study
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
primary goal study investigate influence mindfulness education workbook 6week mindfulnessbased tool emotion regulation inhibition physical selfconcept resources connectedness nature furthermore explored whether difference number hours mindfulness practice would affect outcomes ninetyone children public elementary school age 974 years sd 076 participated study divided three groups according respective school classes intervention group divided two groups varied number hours mindfulness practice mindfulnessplus b mindfulness addition biweekly training mindfulnessplus group also repeated daily exercise passive control group received standard school day instruction five concepts emotion regulation inhibition physical selfconcept resources connectedness nature measured mindfulness intervention measurement emotion regulation significant effect favor two mindfulness groups compared control group adaptive strategies total well comprising emotions anger fear sadness separately solely subscale mood elevation mindfulnessplus group showed significantly higher scores compared control group mindfulnessplus mindfulness groups varied control group measure emotion regulation strategies however four domains assessed selfreports resources physical selfconcept connectedness nature well mental task assessing inhibition evidence additional practice mindfulnessplus group significantly added interventions effectiveness mindfulness education workbook promising tool elementary schools followup studies may provide insights various effects offering mindfulness training schools research objective markers may also allow individual aspects umbrella term mindfulness investigated detail study preregistered online version contains supplementary material available 101007s1267102302084w