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Impact of stress reduction on negative school behavior in adolescents
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of stress reduction via the Transcendental Meditation program on school rule infractions in adolescents. METHODS: Forty-five African American adolescents (ages 15–18 years) with high normal systolic blood pressure were randomly assign...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC155630/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12740037 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-1-10 |
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author | Barnes, Vernon A Bauza, Lynnette B Treiber, Frank A |
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description | BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of stress reduction via the Transcendental Meditation program on school rule infractions in adolescents. METHODS: Forty-five African American adolescents (ages 15–18 years) with high normal systolic blood pressure were randomly assigned to either Transcendental Meditation (n = 25) or health education control (n = 20) groups. The meditation group engaged in 15-min sessions at home and at school each day for 4 months. The control group was presented 15-min sessions of health education at school each day for 4 months. Primary outcome measures were changes in absenteeism, school rule infractions and suspension days during the four-month pretest period prior to randomization compared with the four-month intervention period. RESULTS: Comparing the pretest and intervention periods, the meditation group exhibited a mean decrease of 6.4 absentee periods compared to an increase of 4.8 in the control group (p < .05). The meditation group exhibited a mean decrease of 0.1 infractions over the four months compared to an increase of 0.3 in the control group (p < .03). There was a mean reduction of 0.3 suspension days due to behavior-related problems in the meditation group compared to an increase of 1.2 in the control group (p < .04). CONCLUSION: These findings demonstrate that the Transcendental Meditation program conducted in the school setting has a beneficial impact upon absenteeism, rule infractions, and suspension rates in African American adolescents. |
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spelling | pubmed-1556302003-05-17 Impact of stress reduction on negative school behavior in adolescents Barnes, Vernon A Bauza, Lynnette B Treiber, Frank A Health Qual Life Outcomes Research BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of stress reduction via the Transcendental Meditation program on school rule infractions in adolescents. METHODS: Forty-five African American adolescents (ages 15–18 years) with high normal systolic blood pressure were randomly assigned to either Transcendental Meditation (n = 25) or health education control (n = 20) groups. The meditation group engaged in 15-min sessions at home and at school each day for 4 months. The control group was presented 15-min sessions of health education at school each day for 4 months. Primary outcome measures were changes in absenteeism, school rule infractions and suspension days during the four-month pretest period prior to randomization compared with the four-month intervention period. RESULTS: Comparing the pretest and intervention periods, the meditation group exhibited a mean decrease of 6.4 absentee periods compared to an increase of 4.8 in the control group (p < .05). The meditation group exhibited a mean decrease of 0.1 infractions over the four months compared to an increase of 0.3 in the control group (p < .03). There was a mean reduction of 0.3 suspension days due to behavior-related problems in the meditation group compared to an increase of 1.2 in the control group (p < .04). CONCLUSION: These findings demonstrate that the Transcendental Meditation program conducted in the school setting has a beneficial impact upon absenteeism, rule infractions, and suspension rates in African American adolescents. BioMed Central 2003-04-23 /pmc/articles/PMC155630/ /pubmed/12740037 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-1-10 Text en Copyright © 2003 Barnes et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the article's original URL. |
spellingShingle | Research Barnes, Vernon A Bauza, Lynnette B Treiber, Frank A Impact of stress reduction on negative school behavior in adolescents |
title | Impact of stress reduction on negative school behavior in adolescents |
title_full | Impact of stress reduction on negative school behavior in adolescents |
title_fullStr | Impact of stress reduction on negative school behavior in adolescents |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of stress reduction on negative school behavior in adolescents |
title_short | Impact of stress reduction on negative school behavior in adolescents |
title_sort | impact of stress reduction on negative school behavior in adolescents |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC155630/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12740037 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-1-10 |
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