Enhancing Cognitive and Social-Emotional Development Through a Simple-to-Administer Mindfulness-Based School Program for Elementary School Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial

The authors hypothesized that a social and emotional learning (SEL) program involving mindfulness and caring for others, designed for elementary school students, would enhance cognitive control, reduce stress, promote well-being and prosociality, and produce positive school outcomes. To test this hy...

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Published in:	Developmental psychology 2015-01, Vol.51 (1), p.52-66
Main Authors:	Schonert-Reichl, Kimberly A., Oberle, Eva, Lawlor, Molly Stewart, Abbott, David, Thomson, Kimberly, Oberlander, Tim F., Diamond, Adele
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Acceptance Achievement Aggression Anxiety Attention Canada Child Childhood Development Children Clinical trials Cognition Cognitive Development Cortisol Depression (Psychology) Elementary School Students Elementary schools Emotional Development Emotions Empathy Executive Function Female Foreign Countries Grade 4 Grade 5 Human Humans Hydrocortisone - analysis Interpersonal Reactivity Index (Davis) Learning Male Mathematics Achievement Mental depression Mental health Mindfulness Mindfulness - education Optimism Peer Acceptance Peer relationships Peers Perspective Taking Physiology Popularity Primary schools Program Effectiveness Prosocial Behavior Psychological Tests Psychosocial Development Salivary cortisol School Activities School Based Intervention School Health Services Self Concept Self control Self Report Social acceptance Social Change Social Development Social Emotional Learning Social Learning Social Responsibility Sociometric Techniques Sociometry Stress Stress management Students Tests Well Being
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