Clinical Application of Mindfulness-Oriented Meditation: A Preliminary Study in Children with ADHD
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health September 22, 2020 Ornella Santonastaso, Vittoria Zaccari, Cristiano Crescentini et al. 43 citations
A preliminary trial compared mindfulness-oriented meditation (MOM) training with an active control condition (Emotion Education Program, EEP) in 25 children aged 7–11 years with ADHD. MOM training, administered three times per week for eight weeks, led to significant improvements in all neuropsychological outcome measures and in ADHD symptoms, whereas the control condition did not. The authors suggest MOM training is a promising complementary or alternative intervention for ameliorating cognitive and clinical manifestations of ADHD.