Children (Basel, Switzerland)
December 30, 2025
Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Katerina Maniadaki
Background/Objectives: Caring for a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is often associated with elevated psychological distress and reduced life satisfaction. Mindfulness-based interventions may offer substantial benefits by enhancing emotion regulation, reducing maladaptive cognitive patterns, and strengthening mindful parenting. This randomized controlled trial (RCT) examined the...
Children (Basel, Switzerland)
June 23, 2025
Süleyman Ünlü, Kıvanç Uzun, Gökmen Arslan
3 citations
Background: This study examined the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based psychoeducational intervention in addressing social media burnout and enhancing subjective well-being among adolescents. Methods: A total of 138 high school students in Türkiye were screened, and 32 were randomly assigned to either an experimental group (n = 16) receiving a six-week intervention or a control group (n = 16)...
Children (Basel, Switzerland)
June 29, 2024
Simone Pardossi, Andrea Fagiolini, Simona Scheggi et al.
12 citations
Treating depression in adolescents is a significant challenge, and major depressive disorder (MDD) with suicidal ideation and treatment-resistant depression (TRD) are common and potentially devastating to optimal psychological and physical development in this age group. Suicide is among the leading causes of youth mortality, and TRD occurs in up to 40% of adolescents with MDD. TRD involves...
Children (Basel, Switzerland)
March 10, 2023
Norma Olvera, Sascha Hein, Molly Matthews-Ewald et al.
1 citation
This study assessed the effects of a 12-week afterschool mindfulness-based diet and exercise intervention on mental and physical health in Latinx and Black youth. One hundred forty-eight boys and girls (average age = 10.1 years, SD = 1.3 years; 52% girls; 72.3% Latinx) were randomized to either the experimental group (n = 80) or the control group (n = 68). The experimental group participants...
Children (Basel, Switzerland)
August 11, 2021
Alexandra Gomes, Joana Vieira Dos Santos, Luís Sérgio Vieira
Meditation has been described as having a positive impact on well-being while reducing anxiety and stress among those who practice, mainly working as a resource to cope with everyday difficulties. As a simple and easy to apply meditation technique, transcendental meditation (TM) has shown promising results in adults and in children, although more studies are needed to show the impact on...