Effect of meditation on social-emotional learning in middle school students
Valosek, Laurent; Nidich, Sanford; Wendt, Staci; Grant, Jamie; Nidich, Randi (2019). Effect of meditation on social-emotional learning in middle school students. Education, 139(3), 111–119.
Four-month nonrandomized comparison of 101 sixth graders in two schools reported greater teacher-rated social-emotional competency improvements with TM/Quiet Time. School differences and short follow-up limit causal conclusions.
- Year
- 2019
- Journal
- Education
- Publication type
- Journal
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Section
- Psychological Changes
Findings (2)
Social Behavior
Teacher-rated social-emotional competencies improved more in TM/Quiet Time students than controls, including the high-risk subgroup.
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls
Psychological Health
The high-risk subgroup emotional-symptom result did not reach the conventional .05 significance threshold.
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal with nonrandomized controls