Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research
July 1, 2025
Sebrina L Doyle Fosco, Deborah L. Schussler
3 citations
School-based mindfulness programs (SBMPs) have shown a range of academic, emotional, and behavioral outcomes. However, heterogeneity in curricular content obscures accurate interpretation of results. To unpack the "black box" of SBMPs and better contextualize intervention outcomes, this investigation examined the practices, skills, and knowledge conveyed in twelve curricula. Required curricular...
Journal of school psychology
April 1, 2025
Deborah L. Schussler, Sebrina L Doyle Fosco, Melia A. Brown
3 citations
Although school-based mindfulness programs are increasing, contextual issues that facilitate or hinder program implementation are poorly understood. Utilizing an implementation science framework (i.e., Promoting Action on Research in Health Services [PARiHS]) as a heuristic for data collection and analysis, we used an exploratory sequential mixed methods design to investigate implementation...
arXiv Preprint Archive
September 13, 2023
Sanjana Mendu, Sebrina L Doyle Fosco, Stephanie T. Lanza et al.
Objective: Chronic pain is a critical public health issue affecting approximately 20% of the adult population in the United States. Given the opioid crisis, there has been an urgent focus on non-addictive pain management methods including Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). Prior work has successfully used MBSR for pain management. However, ensuring longitudinal engagement to MBSR...
Digital health
2023
Sanjana Mendu, Sebrina L Doyle Fosco, Stephanie T. Lanza et al.
5 citations
Chronic pain is a critical public health issue affecting approximately 20% of the adult population in the United States. Given the opioid crisis, there has been an urgent focus on non-addictive pain management methods including mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR). Prior work has successfully used MBSR for pain management. However, ensuring longitudinal engagement in MBSR practices remains...