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An 8-week secular mindfulness-based training program for schoolteachers increases dispositional mindfulness, self-reported workplace well-being, visuoconstructive abilities, and processing speed

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    Identifier: imarina:9373520
    Authors:
    Heredia, LuisVentura, DavidTorrente, MargaritaVicens, Paloma
    Abstract:
    Previous research has reported that schoolteachers are an at-risk population for stress and anxiety-related psychological disorders. High stress levels have been linked to the suboptimal use of executive functions, abilities which are a major component of effective job performance in educational contexts. In the present study, 99 teachers from five primary schools in Spain were randomly assigned to a mindfulness training group or wait-list control group. All groups were assessed for dispositional mindfulness, anxiety levels, self-reported well-being, and neuropsychological performance (including attention, mental flexibility and inhibitory control, visuoconstructive abilities and visual memory, verbal fluency and processing speed) prior to and following the training program. The results showed significant differences between the groups in terms of dispositional mindfulness, workplace well-being, visuoconstructive abilities, and one of the processing speed indexes. A within-group analysis indicated a general trend toward improvement in the training group, mainly in dispositional mindfulness and verbal fluency. The assessment of neuropsychological performance in this study also contributes to expanding the existing body of knowledge on the effects of mindfulness-based programs using behavioral measures in a research field that heavily relies on self-reported measures.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Heredia, Luis; Ventura, David; Torrente, Margarita; Vicens, Paloma
    Department: Psicologia
    URV's Author/s: Heredia Santaella, Luis / Torrente Torné, Margarita / Vicens Calderón, Paloma
    Keywords: Classroom Health Impact Meditation Mind Questionnair Stress Students Teacher burnout Test normative data
    Abstract: Previous research has reported that schoolteachers are an at-risk population for stress and anxiety-related psychological disorders. High stress levels have been linked to the suboptimal use of executive functions, abilities which are a major component of effective job performance in educational contexts. In the present study, 99 teachers from five primary schools in Spain were randomly assigned to a mindfulness training group or wait-list control group. All groups were assessed for dispositional mindfulness, anxiety levels, self-reported well-being, and neuropsychological performance (including attention, mental flexibility and inhibitory control, visuoconstructive abilities and visual memory, verbal fluency and processing speed) prior to and following the training program. The results showed significant differences between the groups in terms of dispositional mindfulness, workplace well-being, visuoconstructive abilities, and one of the processing speed indexes. A within-group analysis indicated a general trend toward improvement in the training group, mainly in dispositional mindfulness and verbal fluency. The assessment of neuropsychological performance in this study also contributes to expanding the existing body of knowledge on the effects of mindfulness-based programs using behavioral measures in a research field that heavily relies on self-reported measures.
    Thematic Areas: Astronomia / física Ciências biológicas i Ciências biológicas ii Ciencias sociales Cognitive neuroscience Developmental and educational psychology Educació Education Education & educational research Experimental and cognitive psychology Linguística e literatura Psicología Psychology, developmental Saúde coletiva
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Author's mail: margarita.torrente@urv.cat luis.heredia@urv.cat paloma.vicens@urv.cat luis.heredia@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0002-8901-6345 0000-0001-9330-9418 0000-0003-0732-5070 0000-0001-9330-9418
    Record's date: 2024-10-12
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mbe.12419
    Papper original source: Mind Brain And Education. 18 (3): 236-248
    APA: Heredia, Luis; Ventura, David; Torrente, Margarita; Vicens, Paloma (2024). An 8-week secular mindfulness-based training program for schoolteachers increases dispositional mindfulness, self-reported workplace well-being, visuoconstructive abilities, and processing speed. Mind Brain And Education, 18(3), 236-248. DOI: 10.1111/mbe.12419
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Article's DOI: 10.1111/mbe.12419
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2024
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Cognitive Neuroscience,Developmental and Educational Psychology,Education,Education & Educational Research,Experimental and Cognitive Psychology,Psychology, Developmental
    Classroom
    Health
    Impact
    Meditation
    Mind
    Questionnair
    Stress
    Students
    Teacher burnout
    Test normative data
    Astronomia / física
    Ciências biológicas i
    Ciências biológicas ii
    Ciencias sociales
    Cognitive neuroscience
    Developmental and educational psychology
    Educació
    Education
    Education & educational research
    Experimental and cognitive psychology
    Linguística e literatura
    Psicología
    Psychology, developmental
    Saúde coletiva
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