NCT05179096

Effects of a Mindfulness Intervention on Temperament, Anxiety and Depression: the Mind the Child Study

Randomized Trial on the Effects of a Mindfulness Intervention on Temperament, Anxiety and Depression: a Multi-arm Psychometric Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 41 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Pisa · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 9 Years – 11 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Background and study aims: Mindfulness is a mental state that can be achieved through meditation. So far, studies have shown that practicing mindfulness on a consistent and regular basis can improve attentional functions and emotional well-being. Mindfulness has recently begun to be used in the field of child development. The aim of this study is to assess if a mindfulness program may help primary school students in reducing anxiety and depression while also improving their temperament. Who can participate? Students attending the fourth or fifth year of primary school What does the study involve? Participants will be randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. Participants in the experimental group will undergo an 8-week mindfulness training program with weekly 60-minute group sessions, while the control group will follow routine daily school activities. Questionnaires will be used to assess temperament, anxiety and depression before and after the intervention. What are the possible benefits and risks of participating? Benefits of participating in the study may include a lowering of anxiety and depression levels, as well as an improvement of temperament.

Conditions

• Child, Only
• Temperament
• Anxiety
• Depression

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mindfulness-based intervention	The program consists of a series of awareness practices: the exercises are presented in progression, starting from the awareness of the external environment, then the self-awareness in the environment, the awareness of the body and the five senses, the awareness of the interconnection among the various forms of life and, eventually, meditation exercises that characterize the awareness of the cognitive processes

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-08-20
• Primary completion: 2021-10-31
• Completion: 2021-11-30
• First posted: 2022-01-05
• Last updated: 2022-01-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy