Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Teachers: a Study on Teacher and Student Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Teachers' stress can affect their occupational health and negatively impact classroom climate and students' well-being. This study aims to evaluate the proximal and distal effects of a mindfulness-based program, specially developed to promote teachers' social-emotional competencies (SEC), across teachers, classroom climates, and students' outcomes.

Methods

The study followed a randomized trial design with two data collection points (pretest and posttest). Participants in the experimental group (EG) included 123 elementary school teachers, their 1503 students, and these students' parents (1494), while the control group (CG) comprised 105 elementary school teachers, their 947 students, and these students' parents (913). A mixed data collection strategy was used that

SUBMITTER: de Carvalho JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8060685 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature