Mindfulness interventions show comparatively robust efficacy for preschool SR/EF, especially for outcomes requiring integrated mobilisation of EFs and SR¶
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q3 i? Mindfulness interventions produced significant outcomes in 83.3% of studies, with higher efficacy most consistently found for global EF, SR and higher-order abilities such as planning. → Rosalyn A. Muir · Steven J. Howard · Lisa Kervin 2023
Evidence¶
Rosalyn A. Muir · Steven J. Howard · Lisa Kervin 2023¶
Rosalyn A. Muir · Steven J. Howard · Lisa Kervin. (2023). Interventions and Approaches Targeting Early Self-Regulation or Executive Functioning in Preschools: A Systematic Review. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09740-6
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Synthesis of 12 mindfulness intervention studies in the review (all conducted since 2015; median dose 10 h; mostly teacher-led with a mean of 16 h training). The review reports "10 (83.3%) of the studies" had significant outcomes and 17 of 26 evaluated outcomes (65.4%) were significant; four interventions were classified as high efficacy.
"Significant outcomes were reported in 10 (83.3%) of the studies. Across the interventions, 26 outcomes were evaluated, of which 17 (65.4%) were significant."
Discussion¶
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Mindfulness interventions show comparatively robust efficacy for preschool SR/EF, especially for outcomes requiring integrated mobilisation of EFs and SR |
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Mindfulness interventions show comparatively robust efficacy for preschool SR/EF, especially for outcomes requiring integrated mobilisation of EFs and SR |
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2023 |
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