TY - JOUR
T1 - The Effectiveness of the Learning to BREATHE Program on Adolescent Emotion Regulation
AU - Metz, Stacie M.
AU - Frank, Jennifer L.
AU - Reibel, Diane
AU - Cantrell, Todd
AU - Sanders, Richard
AU - Broderick, Patricia C.
N1 - Funding Information:
The study was partially supported by a Bucks Innovation and Improvement Grant from Foundations Community Partnership in Doylestown, PA.
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - This study assessed the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based program, Learning to BREATHE, on adolescent emotion regulation. Participants included 216 regular education public high school students with pretest and posttest data participating in the program or instruction-as-usual comparison condition. Program participants reported statistically lower levels of perceived stress and psychosomatic complaints and higher levels of efficacy in affective regulation. Program participants also evidenced statistically larger gains in emotion regulation skills including emotional awareness, access to regulation strategies, and emotional clarity. These findings provide promising evidence of the effectiveness of Learning to BREATHE on the development of key social-emotional learning skills.
AB - This study assessed the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based program, Learning to BREATHE, on adolescent emotion regulation. Participants included 216 regular education public high school students with pretest and posttest data participating in the program or instruction-as-usual comparison condition. Program participants reported statistically lower levels of perceived stress and psychosomatic complaints and higher levels of efficacy in affective regulation. Program participants also evidenced statistically larger gains in emotion regulation skills including emotional awareness, access to regulation strategies, and emotional clarity. These findings provide promising evidence of the effectiveness of Learning to BREATHE on the development of key social-emotional learning skills.
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U2 - 10.1080/15427609.2013.818488
DO - 10.1080/15427609.2013.818488
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84882657918
SN - 1542-7609
VL - 10
SP - 252
EP - 272
JO - Research in Human Development
JF - Research in Human Development
IS - 3
ER -