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Salla-Maarit Volanen

3 papers in the library · publishing 2022-2026

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A School-Based Mindfulness Intervention for Adolescent Mental Health: The Moderating Effect of Personality Traits

Mindfulness 2026 Marianne Holopainen, Mirka Hintsanen, Jari Lahti et al.

There is currently a lack of empirical studies investigating whether specific personality traits moderate the effects of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) on distinct adolescent mental health outcomes. This study examined how personality traits from a five-factor model (agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, extraversion, and openness to experience) moderate the effects of...

Can a Universal Mindfulness Intervention in Schools Reduce ADHD Symptoms among Adolescents? A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology December 15, 2024 Marianne Holopainen, Mirka Hintsanen, Jari Lahti et al.

ABSTRACT Existing studies suggest that mindfulness‐based interventions (MBIs) can reduce ADHD symptoms when delivered as targeted clinical programs to young people diagnosed with ADHD. However, there is currently a lack of research on whether MBIs are effective in reducing elevated ADHD symptoms when delivered as universal programs to whole classes in schools. This study investigated the...

Mindfulness is associated with improved psychological well-being but no change in stress biomarkers in breast cancer survivors with depression: a single group clinical pilot study.

BMC Women's Health December 12, 2022 Silja Emilia Sakki, Heidi Marika Penttinen, Outi Maria Hilgert et al.

The aim of this clinical single group pilot study was to assess mental well-being, psychological symptoms, and a set of stress biomarkers among breast cancer survivors with high depressive symptoms undergoing the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program. Participants included 23 curatively treated breast cancer survivors from the Helsinki University Central Hospital with clinically...