PACE Study: School-Based Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions for Children

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Conditions studied: School-based Intervention, Mindfulness-based Intervention, Compassion, Emotion Regulation

In brief

This study aims to evaluate the effects of three school-based interventions focused on mindfulness, compassion, and social-emotional learning on children's psychological well-being and higher-order cognitive functions. The interventions are delivered in the classroom through structured experiential activities. Children are assessed before and after the interventions using standardized tests and questionnaires measuring attention, executive functions, emotional regulation, mindfulness, self-compassion, and social-emotional skills.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07398781

Run by

IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris

People needed

500

Starts

2026-04-13

Expected to finish

2027-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-03-19

Who can join

Age: 8 and older, up to 13. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Participants must be primary school students (grades 3rd-7th)

You may not qualify if…

• Lack of signed consent

Where it is running

• Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Scienze della Formazione e Psicologia — Florence, Firenze, Italy (enrolling)
• Università di Pisa — Pisa, Pisa, Italy (enrolling)
• IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris — Pisa, Pisa, Italy (enrolling)
• John Cabot University — Roma, Roma, Italy

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