Implementing a School-based Mindfulness Curriculum

Implementing a School-based Mindfulness Program in Primary School Curriculum

The outcomes and implementation processes of the school based mindfulness program, as a universal prevention program in classroom as and support group programs for students with special education needs will be investigated. The study of classroom program will apply quasi-experimental design, comparing the pretest and posttest of seven primary schools with implementation of mindfulness programs with three schools with ordinary school activities only. A total of 800 students will be recruited to receive an eight session mindfulness program in classroom as a universal prevention program. Ten support group for students with special education needs will apply mindfulness programs, and its outcome will be evaluated using repeated time measures.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Mental Health Wellness 1
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: mindfulness matters

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 800
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 852
    • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• students in participating schools
• students with parent's consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• student without parent's consent

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Experimental: School-based Mindfulness program; Eight session of mindfulness-based program based on Mindfulness Matters developed by Eline Snel

Behavioral: mindfulness matters; Classroom program will be provided to primary one students in eight primary schools and they will receive an 8 session mindfulness matters program, developed by Eline Snel, delivered by their teachers. Each session lasts for 30 minutes. The program includes mindfulness exercises, psychoeducation, discussion and sharing activities. For students with special needs, same programs will be delivered by teachers or social workers in small groups and each groups has 4 to 7 students. Program content is consistent with the classroom program.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
positive self-perception	measured by Self-Evaluation Scale for Children. Values from 0 to 80. The higher the score, the stronger the positive self-perception	immediately before the intervention, and immediately after the intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
peer relationship	measured by Assessment Programme for Affective and Social Outcomes (2nd Version). Values from 6 to 24. The higher the score, the better the peer relationship	before the intervention, and immediately after the intervention
attitude towards school	measured by Assessment Programme for Affective and Social Outcomes (2nd Version). Values from 6 to 24. The higher the score, the stronger the positive attitude towards school.	before the intervention, and immediately after the intervention
organized, nondisruptive, and nonimpulsive behaviors	measured by Self-Evaluation Scale for Children. Values from 0 to 70. The higher the score, the higher the severity of problem behaviors	before the intervention, and immediately after the intervention
executive functioning	measured by ratings of parent and teacher of Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, second edition. The scale includes subscales in inhibit, self-monitor, behavior regulation, emotion regulation, cognitive regulation. The higher the score, the stronger the functioning.	before the intervention, and immediately after the intervention
creativity	measured by the Test for Creative Thinking-Drawing Production. The completed drawings are scored according to the following 10 criteria : (1) continuations, (2) completion, (3) new element, (4 ) connections made with a (5) connections made to produce a theme, (6) boundary breaking that is fragment dependent, (7) boundary breaking that is fragment independent, (8) perspective, (9) humour and affective, (10) unconventionality. The scores for all the criteria except unconventionality range d from 0 to 6. Each unconventionality criterion was score d either 0 or 3. The maximum score is 60. The higher the score, the higher the creativity.	before the intervention, and immediately after the intervention.
self-regulation	measured by The Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders (HTKS) task	before the intervention, and immediately after the intervention
cortisol	measured by salivary cortisol (this measure is administered for students with special needs only)	before the intervention, and immediately after the intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 1, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 15, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): October 15, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 3, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 3, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): May 11, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): March 5, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 4, 2024
• Last Verified: March 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: student mental health; school-based mindfulness training; students with special needs
• Other Study ID Numbers: school (Other Identifier: shanghai jiao tong university)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: The funder decided not to share the data.

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No