The instructor-led mindfulness arm, compared with the self-taught arm, indirectly improved teacher outcomes by enhancing mindfulness and self-compassion as mediating factors¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Gains in mindfulness and self-compassion mediated the superior instructor-led outcomes relative to the self-taught arm. → Montero-Marin et al 2021

Evidence¶

Montero-Marin et al 2021¶

Montero-Marin et al. (2021). Teachers “Finding Peace in a Frantic World”: An Experimental Study of Self-Taught and Instructor-Led Mindfulness Program Formats on Acceptability, Effectiveness, and Mechanisms. Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000542

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Simple mediation path-analytic analysis comparing treatment conditions through pre-post gains in mindfulness and self-compassion, using a weighted log-likelihood function with cluster-robust standard errors and Monte Carlo confidence intervals. The article reports the instructor-led arm indirectly improved outcomes via these mediators relative to the self-taught arm.

"The instructor-led arm, compared with the self-taught, indirectly improved teacher outcomes by enhancing mindfulness and self-compassion as mediating factors."

Discussion¶

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