Mindfulness
August 21, 2026
Pernille Aakjær Mikkelsen, Eva Gemzøe Mikkelsen, Lars Kjartan Bacher Svendsen et al.
Abstract Objectives This study explored employees’ perceptions of a forthcoming mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) initiated by management in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Method Qualitative data from a quasi-experimental trial of a workplace-MBI in Danish SMEs were analysed. The intervention included (1) a mandatory introductory session on mental health and mindfulness, (2)...
Social science & medicine (1982)
November 19, 2025
Hanne Landgrebe Axelsen, Anna Glavind Müller, Lone Overby Fjorback et al.
The nationwide Stress-free Everyday Life for Children and Adolescents Research (SELFCARE) project, conducted from 2019 to 2020 in Denmark included a structured, three-part mindfulness-based teacher training program implemented over one year. The current study aimed to evaluate the teacher program's effectiveness on teachers' self-reported mental health 12 months post-baseline. In this...
Social science & medicine (1982)
August 1, 2025
Lise Juul, Morten Frydenberg, Emilie Hasager Bonde et al.
12 citations
This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a teacher-training program for integrating a ten-session, school-based mindfulness program into regular classroom instruction in Danish elementary schools. The focus was on the mental health of students in grades 4 to 9. The primary study population comprised at-risk students, with the total students serving as a secondary study population....
Journal of Psychiatric Research
2025
Helle Degnbol Østergaard, Karen Johanne Pallesen, Marit Nyholm Nielsen et al.
Clinical studies have suggested that dysregulation of the neuropeptide Y (NPY) system may play a role in psychiatric disorders, including chronic stress. Meanwhile, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) has shown promise for stress-related maladies. However, no studies have explored whether MBSR can change plasma NPY concentration in stressed individuals. Individuals with symptoms of...
Frontiers in Psychology
2023
Lise Juul, Emilie Hasager Bonde, Lone Overby Fjorback
5 citations
A large body of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) has shown that mindfulness-based interventions are effective for improving mental health, but research is lacking in regards to the mechanisms of change. We aimed to investigate the mediating effects of self-reported altered resting state of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) on mental health, when provided as a universal intervention...
BMC Psychology
February 21, 2021
Lise Juul, Morten Frydenberg, Michelle Sand Beck et al.
Abstract Background There is a call for sustainable, evidence-based interventions in schools to promote mental health in schoolchildren. Our primary aim of this trial is to evaluate the effectiveness in vulnerable pupils of a school teacher training programme to teach mindfulness (“.b” programme) as a part of compulsory class room teaching in Danish schools on the pupils’ self-reported mental...