MINDhEARTH: a school-based intervention to improve personal well-being, mindfulness and connectedness to nature in adolescents.

ABSTRACT: The study evaluates the effectiveness of a novel program, called MINDhEARTH, grounded in the ecopsychological approach, and aimed to improve individual wellbeing and ecological self-awareness in adolescents. A pre- and post-intervention design involved 211 students from two Italian high schools, measuring Wellbeing through the Italian version of the Subjective Happiness Scale and Psychological Wellbeing Scale (PWB), Mindfulness through the short-form of Five-Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire and Nature Connectedness through the Italian version of Connectedness to Nature Scale. The questionnaire also included open-ended questions aimed at evaluating qualitative perception of personal benefits from the program. Multilevel regression analysis showed significant effect of intervention by time i

SUBMITTER: Scafuto F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12450908 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature