In a cluster-randomized trial of secondary school teachers, changes over time on well-being, mental-health, and mechanism outcomes significantly differed between instructor-led and self-taught mindfulness training, favoring the instructor-led arm¶

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q3 i? Pre-post changes over time significantly differed between the instructor-led and self-taught groups across mindfulness, self-compassion, well-being, perceived stress, anxiety, depression, and burnout, favoring the instructor-led 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

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Cluster-randomized trial of 206 teachers from 43 schools randomized by school to instructor-led or self-taught mindfulness training, analyzed with linear mixed-effects models. The article reports that changes over time significantly differed between the groups in all these outcomes, "favoring the instructor-led arm." No effect size for this omnibus statement is printed in the supplied text.

"Changes over time signi ficantly differed between the groups in all these outcomes, favoring the instructor-led arm."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The instructor-led mindfulness arm, compared with the self-taught arm, indirectly improved teacher outcomes by enhancing mindfulness and self-compassion as mediating factors — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• The instructor-led mindfulness arm showed significant pre-post improvements in mindfulness, self-compassion, well-being, perceived stress, anxiety, depression, and burnout, while the self-taught arm showed significant pre-post improvements in self-compassion and well-being — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Self-taught mindfulness training may be a useful option for teachers who cannot access or commit to an instructor-led program, provided they engage with mindfulness practice — related
• Both mindfulness training formats showed similar participant expectancy and engagement, but teachers perceived the instructor-led arm as more credible — related