Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2024 Apr 4;19(4):e0301028. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0301028. eCollection 2024.
Interest in the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions such as yoga in primary schools has grown. Evidence shows promise, as youth who engage in yoga to promote mindfulness show improved coping skills, increased socio-emotional competence and prosocial skills, academic performance, attention span, and ability to deal with stress.
This study reports the results of a program evaluation of a universal health and wellness curriculum, Pure Power, designed to teach youth yoga techniques, mindfulness, and emotion regulation.
A non-randomized comparison design examined outcomes among participants from schools that completed the intervention with highest fidelity of implementation (n = 461) and from students in matched comparison schools (n = 420). Standard measures of coping, emotion regulation and emotion dysregulation, spelling, and math achievement were collected.
Analyses suggest the youth in the intervention schools demonstrated relative improvement on measures of emotion regulation, spelling, and math.
Challenges in implementation in real-life settings are vital to identify. The data provide some real-world evidence for the effectiveness of a universal health and wellness curriculum on emotion regulation and positive academic outcomes. Training school staff to deliver the intervention may foster implementation. Future research should test the effectiveness of who delivers the intervention; for example, teacher-delivered groups vs. other wellness personnel.
人们对在小学开展正念为基础的干预措施（如瑜伽）的有效性越来越感兴趣。有证据表明，参与瑜伽以促进正念的年轻人表现出更好的应对技能、增强的社会情感能力和亲社会技能、学业成绩、注意力持续时间以及应对压力的能力。
本研究报告了一项普遍健康和健康课程 Pure Power 的计划评估结果，该课程旨在教授青年瑜伽技巧、正念和情绪调节。
采用非随机比较设计，对实施干预措施的学校中表现出最高实施保真度的参与者（n=461）和来自匹配比较学校的学生（n=420）的结果进行了检查。收集了应对、情绪调节和情绪失调、拼写和数学成绩的标准衡量标准。
分析表明，干预学校的年轻人在情绪调节、拼写和数学方面表现出相对改善。
在现实环境中实施的挑战至关重要。这些数据为普遍健康和健康课程对情绪调节和积极学术成果的有效性提供了一些现实世界的证据。培训学校工作人员来实施干预措施可能会促进实施。未来的研究应该测试谁来实施干预措施的有效性；例如，教师主导的小组与其他健康人员。
