Author: Rawlett K1, Scrandis D1
Affiliation: <sup>1</sup>University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Conference/Journal: Open Nurs J.
Date published: 2016 Apr 30
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Volume ID: 10 , Pages: 90-8 , Special Notes: doi: 10.2174/187443460160101090. eCollection 2016. , Word Count: 184
OBJECTIVE: This review examines studies on mindfulness based programs used with adolescents at-risk for poor future outcomes such as not graduating from high school and living in poverty.
METHOD: The keywords used include mindfulness, at-risk and adolescents in each database to search CINAHL (10 items: 2 book reviews, 3 Dissertations, and 5 research articles), Medline EBSCO (15 research articles), and PubMed (10 research articles). Only primary research articles published between 2009- 2015 in English on mindfulness and at-risk adolescents were included for the most current evidence.
RESULTS: Few studies (n= 11) were found that investigate mindfulness in at-risk adolescents. These studies used various mindfulness programs (n = 7) making it difficult to generalize findings for practice. Only three studies were randomized control trials focusing mostly on male students with low socioeconomic status and existing mental health diagnoses.
CONCLUSION: There is a relationship between health behaviors and academic achievement. Future research studies on mindfulness based interventions need to expand to its effects on academic achievement in those youth at-risk to decrease problematic behaviors and improve their ability to be successful adults.
KEYWORDS: Age 10-19; academic achievement; at-risk adolescents; interventions; mindfulness based programs; review
PMID: 27347259 DOI: 10.2174/187443460160101090