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¶
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Evidence · 1 study · causalr2·q3
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
Subclaims¶
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q3 i? The instructor-led arm improved significantly pre-post on all seven measured outcomes. → Montero-Marin et al 2021
q3 i? The self-taught arm improved significantly pre-post only on self-compassion and well-being. → 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
Within-group pre-post contrasts from the cluster-randomized trial of secondary school teachers, fitted with hierarchical linear regression mixed models on an intention-to-treat basis. The article reports the self-taught arm "showed signi ficant pre-post improvements in self-compassion and well-being" while the instructor-led arm improved on all listed outcomes. Effect sizes are not printed in the supplied text.
"the self-taught arm showed signi ficant pre-post improve- ments in self-compassion and well-being, while the instructor-led arm showed such improvements in mindfulness, self-compassion, well-being, perceived stress, anxiety, depression, and burnout."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- 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 — a broader claim this one bears on
- The instructor-led mindfulness arm, compared with the self-taught arm, indirectly improved teacher outcomes by enhancing mindfulness and self-compassion as mediating factors — related
- Mindfulness practice frequency had indirect effects on teacher outcomes through mindfulness gains in both the self-taught and instructor-led arms — related
- 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
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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 |
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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... |
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2021 |
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