Nurturing Mindfulness in Children and Youth: Current State of Research

By Mark T. Greenberg, Alexis R. Harris. 2012

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Effectiveness of a School-Based Yoga Program on Adolescent Mental Health, Stress Coping Strategies, and Attitudes Toward Violence: Findings From a High-Risk Sample (2014, background): “Research on the effects of yoga and meditation in school settings is in its infancy, however, emerging evidence suggests that these practices may hold promise (Greenberg & Harris, 2012).”
Enhancing Cognitive and Social–Emotional Development Through a Simple-to-Administer Mindfulness-Based School Program for Elementary School Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial (2015, background): “The relatively meager research examining mindfulness training with school-age children has yielded promising findings (for reviews, see Greenberg & Harris, 2012; Zoogman, Goldberg, Hoyt, & Miller, 2014).”
Mind The Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation (2017, unknown): “As a result, some have blatantly stated that “widespread use is premature” (Greenberg & Harris, 2012).”
Validation of the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM) with Non-Clinical Adolescents (2015, background): “Early research is promising with several reviews and meta-analyses supporting the notion that mindfulness-based programs are feasible and acceptable for young participants (Burke 2010; Greenberg and Harris 2012; Harnett and Dawe 2012; Rempel 2012).”
Mindfulness Training and Teachers' Professional Development: An Emerging Area of Research and Practice (2012, background): “However, as Greenberg and Harris (2012) discuss, there are a number of new MT and yoga programs for students at the elementary and secondary school levels.”
A Mindfulness-Based Social and Emotional Learning Curriculum for School-Aged Children: The MindUP Program (2016, unknown): “The studies presented here have attempted to build on current strengths in the ﬁ eld of mindfulness education and address some of the limitations (see Felver et al., 2015 ; Greenberg & Harris, 2012 ).”
A Systematic Review of Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Youth in School Settings (2015, background): “Limitations in the Existing Literature The literature exploring the effects of MBI with youth has many limitations (Greenberg and Harris 2012), and a major aim of our research was to determine the specific limitations in the field of MBI in school settings in order to inform recommendations and futu”
Effectiveness of Mindfulness Interventions for Mental Health in Schools: a Comprehensive Meta-analysis (2017, background): “To consider a practice as “mindful,” it should include structured activities for participants to be able to focus their attention and control their physical and mental activity (Greenberg and Harris 2012).”
A Pilot Study of Contemplative Practices with Economically Disadvantaged Preschoolers: Children’s Empathic and Self-Regulatory Behaviors (2016, background): “It has been argued that one can teach children contemplative practices in school settings to improve their self-regulation (Greenberg and Harris 2012; Shapiro et al. 2014).”
A Validation Study of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale Adapted for Children (2014, background): “In fact, several reviews on the topic of mindfulness interventions with children and youth are presently available (for reviews, see Burke 2010; Greenberg and Harris 2012; Harnett and Dawe 2012).”
Effectiveness of a Classroom Mindfulness Coloring Activity for Test Anxiety in Children (2015, background): “According to Greenberg and Harris (2012), in order for a task to be considered ‘mindful,’ it is necessary for it to include a structured component in which individuals can focus their attention and control their physical and mental activity. A specific type of mindfulness activity that has recently ”