Effects of Mindfulness and Yoga on Preschool Students' Emotional Regulation, Behavior, and Social Participation
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Conditions studied: Prosocial Behavior, Self Regulation, Impulsive Behavior
In brief
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if mindfulness and yoga can improve attention, problem-solving, memory, emotional awareness, and impulsivity in preschoolers. The main questions it aims to answer are: Can a 30-minute, once-a-week mindfulness and yoga program (Calm \& Alert) over seven weeks in preschool classrooms increase emotional regulation during the school day? Can a 30-minute, once-a-week mindfulness and yoga program decrease negative behavioral incidences during the school day? Can a 30-minute, once-a-week mindfulness and yoga program increase prosocial behaviors like caring, sharing, and perspective-taking during the school day? Researchers will compare the effects of students who participated in the mindfulness and yoga program to students in classrooms who did not receive the program. Student participants will be asked to complete a short self-regulation task test before and after the mindfulness program. Teachers will rate the students on their prosocial behavior before and after the mindfulness program and record negative behavioral incidents over the study period.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06561373
- Run by
- Elizabethtown College
- People needed
- 40
- Starts
- 2024-08-23
- Expected to finish
- 2024-11-11
- Last updated by the study team
- 2024-08-20
Who can join
Age: 4 and older, up to 6. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- are preschoolers with a filled out and returned parental/caregiver consent form who fall within the four to six-year-old age range, stay within a similar developmental age range, and attend five out of the seven sessions.
- Exclusion Criteria: preschoolers without a parental/caregiver consent form, above or below the four to six-year age range will not be included in the study because of the higher variation in developmental capabilities, and if they do not attend five out of the seven sessions.
Where it is running
- Elizabethtown College — Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, United States
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