The efficacy of mindfulness- based intervention on self- control and high- risk behaviors in ADHD with CD adolescents
Afsoun Golestaneh, M. Mohammadi, A. Davoodi, Najmeh Fath
Journal of psychological sciences April 1, 2022 DOI: 10.52547/jps.21.110.383 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Quasi-experimental pretest-posttest study with control group and three-month follow-up Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 26 |
| Population | Adolescent boys aged 13 to 18 with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder, admitted to the social emergency service in Shiraz in 2019 |
| Interventions | Mindfulness-based intervention (Zylowska 2012) |
| Duration | Ten 90-minute sessions over two and a half months, with a three-month follow-up |
| Measures | Tangney Self-Control Questionnaire |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | The text reports the study's aim and methods but does not state its results or conclusions, so no key finding can be reported from this abstract. |
Abstract
Background: Numerous studies have examined the effectiveness of mindfulness-based intervention in people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. But research that examines the effectiveness of mindfulness-based intervention in people with attention deficit hyperactive with conduct disorder has been overlooked.
Aims: This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness on self-control, and high-risk behaviors in adolescent's attention deficit hyperactivity disorder with conduct disorder.
Methods: The study method was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design including a control group and a three-month follow-up period. The statistical population consisted adolescent boys aged between 13 to 18, with ADHD + CD who had been admitted to the social emergency of the city of Shiraz in the year 2019. Twenty-six adolescents with ADHD+CD were selected based on inclusion criteria through by convenience sampling method and were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group received mindfulness-based intervention (zylowska,2012). during two and a half months which included ten 90-minute sessions The questionnaires used in this study included the the Tangney self-control questionnaire
Comparable studies
Other experimental studies on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Cancer patients (clinical intervention study) | 2003 | Mixed methods: scale development, correlational, quasi-experimental, laboratory, experience-sampling, and clinical intervention study | |
| Loving-kindness meditation increases social connectedness. | 2008 | Controlled laboratory experiment | |
| Mindfulness and mind-wandering: Finding convergence through opposing constructs. | 2012 | Two studies: correlational study and experimental study | |
| Mental Training Enhances Attentional Stability: Neural and Behavioral Evidence | 2009 | Experimental study | |
| Mindfulness meditation and substance use in an incarcerated population. Incarcerated population | 2006 | Quasi-experimental with treatment-as-usual control condition |
Citations in the library
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