Effects of Mindfulness and Yoga on Preschool Students' Emotional Regulation, Behavior, and Social Participation

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Sponsor
Elizabethtown College
Study ID
NCT06561373
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Conditions

  • Impulsive Behavior
  • Prosocial Behavior
  • Self Regulation

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
4 Years - 6 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Calm & Alert yoga and mindfulness — BEHAVIORAL
    The Calm \& Alert protocol is multisensorial, with successive opportunities to practice the explicit concepts taught throughout the lessons using yoga and mindfulness-techniques. Each class has a similar structure of songs, breathing, warm-ups, yoga poses, mindful games, and rest involving meditation with child-friendly language. The study includes the recommended materials of a Hoberman sphere (breathing ball), chime, mind/body/breath icons, two small mason jars (one with mud and one with clear water), yoga mats for students, pictures of feelings (happy, sad, angry, scared, surprised, disgusted), and an on/off switch.

Study Details

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 Dates

Start date
Aug 23, 2024
Status verified
Aug 2024
Primary completion
Nov 11, 2024
Completion
Nov 11, 2024

Study Design

Enrollment
40 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Experimental: Calm and Alert Mindfulness and Yoga Intervention
    The Calm \& Alert intervention uses mind, body, and breath to foster resiliency and self-regulation in students. This mindfulness-based intervention, which also incorporates yoga movements, aims to develop skills in self-awareness, self-regulation, safety, focus, attention, active listening, following directions, respect, and positive thinking (McGlauflin, 2018). The program consisted of seven lessons lasting approximately 20-30 minutes, each conducted once a week over seven consecutive weeks.
  • No Intervention: Control Group
    This is a wait-list control group that consists of students in classrooms who will receive business-as-usual programming/instruction during the study period.

Primary Outcome Measure

Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire [ Time Frame: Pre-intervention and post-intervention (within one week) ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtownPennsylvania17022
Nancy Carlson, PhD
[email protected]
717-361-1174
Judy Ericksen, PhD
[email protected]
717-361-4751
Helen Russell, pp-OTD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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