Using Mindfulness to Promote Mental Health in Schools
December 2, 2025
Lindsey Webb, Erica Sibinga
Abstract The purpose of this chapter is to provide information on current mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programs for youth. The mechanisms of MBSR’s salutary effects are outlined and best practices are described for those who might be interested in implementing MBSR in a school setting. The chapter overviews how MBSR impacts youths’ mental health and how MBSR has been modified to...
May 1, 2018
Erica Sibinga, Lindsey Webb, Jonathan M. Ellen
Background Urban youth are exposed to significant and recurrent stress and trauma, related to community and interpersonal violence, failing schools, and lack of educational opportunities. There is increasing interest in opportunities for male youth to learn techniques that support enhanced self-regulation. Previous research has shown that mindfulness instruction can reduce the negative effects...
AIDS Care
October 25, 2017
Lindsey Webb, Carisa Perry‐Parrish, Jonathan M. Ellen et al.
69 citations
HIV-infected youth experience many stressors, including stress related to their illness, which can negatively impact their mental and physical health. Therefore, there is a significant need to identify potentially effective interventions to improve stress management, coping, and self-regulation. The object of the study was to assess the effect of a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR)...
Adolescent Health Medicine and Therapeutics
September 1, 2016
Erica Sibinga, Nikeea Copeland‐Linder, Lindsey Webb et al.
61 citations
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) was introduced in 1995 to address the problem of recurrent depression. MBCT is based on the notion that meditation helps individuals effectively deploy and regulate attention to effectively manage and treat a range of psychological symptoms, including emotional responses to stress, anxiety, and depression. Several studies demonstrate that mindfulness...
Pediatrics
December 19, 2015
Erica Sibinga, Lindsey Webb, Sharon R. Ghazarian et al.
233 citations
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Many urban youth experience significant and unremitting negative stressors, including those associated with community violence, multigenerational poverty, failing educational systems, substance use, limited avenues for success, health risks, and trauma. Mindfulness instruction improves psychological functioning in a variety of adult populations; research on mindfulness...