Main References

Main References (see also questionnaires and features that we used)

In the letarature, we took a look at the review from SA Krawietz

• Flook, L., Goldberg, S. B., Pinger, L., Davidson, R. J. (2015). Promoting prosocial behavior and self-regulatory skills in preschool children through a mindfulness-based Kindness Curriculum. Developmental Psychology, 51(1), 44–51. http://doi.org/10.1037/a0038256
• Mendelson, T., Greenberg, M. T., Dariotis, J. K., Gould, L. F., Rhoades, B. L., Leaf, P. J. (2010). Feasibility and Preliminary Outcomes of a School-Based Mindfulness Intervention for Urban Youth. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 38(7), 985–994. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-010– 9418-x
• Schonert-reichl, K. a, Oberle, E., Lawlor, M. S., Abbott, D., Thomson, K., Diamond, A. (2015). Enhancing Cognitive and Social–Emotional Development Through a Simple-to- Administer Mindfulness-Based School Program for Elementary School
• Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Developmental Psychology, 51(1), 52–66. http://doi.org/10.1037/a0038454.
• Albrecht, N. J., Albrecht, P. M., & Cohen, M. (2012). Mindfully teaching in the classroom: A literature review. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 37(12), 1–14. http://doi.org/10.14221/ajte.2012v37n12.2
• Bei, B., Byrne, M. L., Ivens, C., Waloszek, J., Woods, M. J., Dudgeon, P., … Allen, N. B. (2013). Pilot study of a mindfulness-based, multi-component, in-school group sleep intervention in adolescent girls. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 7(2), 213–220. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-7893.2012.00382.x
• Black S. et Fernando, R. (2013). Mindfulness training and classroom behavior among lower-income and ethnic minority elementary school children. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 23(7), 1242-1246. doi: 10.1007/S10826-013-9784-4
• Britton, W.B., Lepp, N.E., Files, H.F., Rocha, T., Fisher, N.E., & Gold, J.S. (2014). A randomized controlled pilot trial of classroom-based mindfulness meditation compared to an active control condition in sixth-grade children. Journal of School Psychology, 52, 263–278. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2014.03.002
• Demarzo, M. M. P., Montero-Marin, J., Cuijpers, P., Zabaleta-del-Olmo, E., Mahtani, K. R., Vellinga,  a., … Garcia-Campayo, J. (2015). The Efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Interventions in Primary Care: A Meta-Analytic Review. The Annals of Family Medicine, 13(6), 573–582. http://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1863
• Diamond,A. (2010). The Evidence Base for Improving School Outcomes by Adressing the Whole Child and by Adressing Skills and Attitudes, Not Just Content. Early Education and Development, 21(5), 780-793.
• Flook, L., Goldberg, S. B., Pinger, L., & Davidson, R. J. (2015). Promoting prosocial behavior and self-regulatory skills in preschool children through a mindfulness-based Kindness Curriculum. Developmental Psychology, 51(1), 44–51. http://doi.org/10.1037/a0038256
• Greenberg, M. T., & Harris, A. R. (2012). Nurturing mindfulness in children and youth: current state of research. Child Development Perspectives, 6(2), 161–166.
• Gu, J., Strauss, C., Bond, R., & Cavanagh, K. (2015). How do Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Improve Mental Health and Wellbeing? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Mediation Studies. Clinical Psychology Review, 37, 1–12. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2015.01.006
• Hedges, D. W., & Woon, F. L. (2010). Early life stress and cognitive outcome. Psychopharmacology,214(1), 121–130.
• Kabat-Zinn, J. (1994). Wherever you go, there you are: Mindfulness meditation in everyday life. New York: Hyperion Books.
• Kuyken, W., Weare, K., Ukoumunne, O. C., Vicary, R., Motton, N., Burnett, R., … Huppert, F. (2013). Effectiveness of the Mindfulness in Schools Programme: non-randomised controlled feasibility study. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 203(2), 126–131. http://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.113.126649
• Lillard, A. S. (2011). Mindfulness Practices in Education: Montessori’s Approach. Mindfulness, 2(2), 78–85. http://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-011-0045-6
• Meiklejohn, J., Phillips, C., Freedman, M. L., Griffin, M. L., Biegel, G., Roach, A., … Saltzman, A. (2012). Integrating Mindfulness Training into K-12 Education: Fostering the Resilience of Teachers and Students. Mindfulness, 3(4), 291–307. http://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-012-0094-5
• Mendelson, T., Greenberg, M. T., Dariotis, J. K., Gould, L. F., Rhoades, B. L., & Leaf, P. J. (2010). Feasibility and Preliminary Outcomes of a School-Based Mindfulness Intervention for Urban Youth. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 38(7), 985–994. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-010-9418-x
• Rempel, K. D. (2012). Mindfulness for Children and Youth : A Review of the Literature with an Argument for School-Based Implementation. Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 46(3), 201–220. http://doi.org/10. 1080/0886571080214749710. 1 093/clipsy.bpg01510. 11 86/1477-7525-1-1010.117/153321010731162410. 1 093.clipsy/bph0771 0. 1 01 6/j.cpr.20Q5 .04.00710. 103 7/0022-3514.84.4.82210. 1080/0 16095 1080229096610. 10 16/j.chc.2005.06.00310.1111/i. 1475-35 88.2006.00430.x10.1 01 6/j.tsc.2006.06.00410. 1097/ PEP.0b013e31815fl2081 0. 1 023/B:TOTS0000022620. 1 3209.a010. 1375/bech.27. 1.110.1207/ sl5326985ep2801 410.1 11 1/1467-8721-0009910.1 11 1/0022-4537.0014810. 1 037/0022-006X.72. 1 
• Schonert-reichl, K. a, Oberle, E., Lawlor, M. S., Abbott, D., Thomson, K., & Diamond, A. (2015). Enhancing Cognitive and Social–Emotional Development Through a Simple-to-Administer Mindfulness-Based School Program for Elementary School Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Developmental Psychology, 51(1), 52–66. http://doi.org/10.1037/a0038454.Enhancing
• Sibinga, E. M. S., Perry-Parrish, C., Chung, S., Johnson, S. B., Smith, M., & Ellen, J. M. (2013). School-based mindfulness instruction for urban male youth: A small randomized controlled trial. Preventive Medicine, 57(6), 799–801. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.08.027
• Snel, E. Calme et attentif comme une grenouille : La méditation pour les enfants…avec leurs parents. Paris : Arènes.
• Zenner, C., Herrnleben-Kurz, S., & Walach, H. (2014). Mindfulness-based interventions in schools_a systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 5(June), 1–20. http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00603

Our readings

Questionnaires:

Here is a list of questionnaires used in research to study meditation and education across the literature. If you wish to use them, you should verify the usage licence, if the questionnaire is use for clinical purpose or school purpose : question can be oriented and not adapted to what you want to lead, and if a version in the language that you need exists. Often, you can find short and long version of these questionnaires. At last, verify that question are adapted to you age group (complexity of the questions).

• Attention/Focus: hyperactivity : Conners (clinical use)  

• Mindfulness:  Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM)  

• Emotion: depression/rumination (clinical use) Response Rumination Scale (RRS) / Original author: Susan Nolen-Hoeksema 1991

• Stress:
  • anxiety scale 
  • Stress and coping
  • The Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) 

• Self compassion scale:
  • autocompassion scale (EAC) 

• body scan: body awareness questionnaire

• Executives functions:
  • ATQ (adult temperament questionnaire
  • BRIEF (under licence)

• life qulity (licenced) : kidscreen 10 

• Emphatic quotient:
  • TAS 
  • Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI; Davis, 1983),(cf article Flook et al 2015)
• Socialization :
  • Teacher-rated social competence (TSC) (cf article Flook et al 2015) 
  • Achenbach 

More details

AFTCC : french nonprofit organization for cognitive-behavioral therapy

INSERM Laboratory: Research Center for Epidemiology and Biostatistics (bordeaux university): ongoing study to evaluate the effect of “focus, it’s working!” on academic success and well being of students at school.

Adèle DIAMOND