Mindfulness Training Enhances Students' Executive Functioning and Social Emotional Skills.
Applied developmental science 2025 Lisa Flook, Matthew J. Hirshberg, Lori Gustafson et al. 20 citations
More research is needed to understand the effects of school-based mindfulness programs in the years before adolescence, which represent a critical juncture and transitional period of development. The present study investigated mindfulness with elementary school students using random assignment and objective measures. The sample included 292 5th graders from 21 classrooms randomly assigned to an...