Students and Teachers Benefit from Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in a School-Embedded Pilot Study
Frontiers in Psychology April 26, 2016 Sarah Gouda, Minh T. Luong, Stefan Schmidt et al. 142 citations
A pilot study tested a school-embedded Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for both students and teachers. Students who took the course showed significant improvements in self-reported stress, self-regulation, school-specific self-efficacy, and interpersonal problems compared to a waitlist control group, with effect sizes ranging from 0.62 to 0.68. Medium effect sizes on mindfulness, anxiety, and creativity suggest potential in those areas. Teachers in the intervention group reported significantly higher mindfulness and fewer interpersonal problems (effect sizes 0.66 and 0.42), with medium effects on anxiety and emotion regulation. The findings highlight similarities and differences in MBSR effects on students and teachers and the importance of interpersonal outcomes.