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Version 1.2 – Updated June 2023

Mindfulness

Overview

  • Influence: Mindfulness
  • Domain: Student
  • Sub-Domain: Perseverance and confidence
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have positive impact
  • Influence Definition: While often associated with South and East Asian spiritual practices, mindfulness means paying attention, on purpose, in the moment, and nonjudgmentally; to become self-aware, empathetic, calming, focused, and with-it-ness.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 7
  • Number of studies: 228
  • Number of students: 19,288
  • Number of effects: 244
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.26
  • Robustness index: 3

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Frontiers in Psychology Zenner, Hermeben-Kurz, & Walach USA Mindfulness-Based Interventions in Schools--A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 2014 Mindfulness on achievement 24 1,348 24 0.41
Mindfulness Zoogman, Goldberg, Hoyt, & Miller USA Mindfulness interventions with youth: A meta-analysis 2015 Mindfulness on achievement 20 1,772 138 0.23
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines Dunning, Griffiths, Kuyken, Crane, Foulkes, Parker, & Dalgleish UK Research review: The effects of mindfulness-based interventions on cognition and mental health in children and adolescents - a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. 2019 Mindfulness on executive functions 33 3,666 15 0.30
Dissertation Zainal USA Mindfulness Enhances Cognitive Functioning: A Meta-Analysis of 95 Randomized Controlled trials 2020 Mindfulness on verbal fluency 95 7,408 5 0.19
Mindfulness Carsley, Khoury, & Heath Canada Effectiveness of mindfulness interventions for mental health in schools: A comprehensive meta-analysis 2018 Mindfulness on achievement 24 3,977 24 0.23
Campbell Collaboration Maynard, Solis, Miller, & Brendel USA Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Improving Cognition, Academic Achievement, Behavior, and Socioemotional Functioning of Primary and Secondary School Students 2017 Mindfulness on achievement 10 0 10 0.25
Psychological Bulletin Sedlmeier, Eberth, Schwarz, Zimmerman, Haarig, Jaeger, & Kunze Germany The psychological effects of meditation: a meta-analysis 2012 Mindfulness on achievement 22 1,117 28 0.37
TOTAL/AVERAGE 228 19,288 244 0.28
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