Open AccessDevelopment and Evaluation of a Blended Learning Mindfulness Program for High School Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
MiJung Kang,
Hyunsook Kim
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
the journal of school nursing/journal of school nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.617
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1546-8364
pISSN - 1059-8405
DOI - 10.1177/10598405221095346
Subject(s) - mindfulness , curriculum , stress management , psychology , covid-19 , pandemic , distancing , mental health , self esteem , clinical psychology , intervention (counseling) , medicine , medical education , pedagogy , psychiatry , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Many adolescents worldwide suffer from stress or unhealthy emotional states such as depression. There is a trend toward limited physical contact via social distancing practices that developed during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. An experimental study aimed at investigating the effects of a mindfulness program on stress, concentration, self-esteem, and self-control in high school students. A 10-week mindfulness intervention was provided to the experimental group (n = 89) from September-November 2020, while the control group (n = 89) received general health education. Four weeks after the program, the experimental group showed reduced stress and improved concentration, self-esteem, and self-control compared to baseline. The blended learning mindfulness program is effective improving concentration and should be incorporated into the formal high school curriculum.