Promoting school success through mindfulness-based interventions in early childhood

  1. Pablo Luna Nogales 1
  2. Javier Cejudo Prado 1
  3. Alfonso Moreno Gómez 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
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    Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

    Ciudad Real, España

    ROR https://ror.org/05r78ng12

Revista:
Revista de psicodidáctica

ISSN: 1136-1034

Año de publicación: 2020

Volumen: 25

Número: 2

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1016/J.PSICOD.2019.12.001 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

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Resumen

El presente estudio tiene como finalidad evaluar la eficacia del programa Mindkinder basado en atención plena (mindfulness) sobre la adaptación escolar, los problemas conductuales escolares y los resultados escolares en alumnado de Educación Infantil. Se utiliza un diseño cuasi-experimental de medidas repetidas pretest-postest con grupo de control. Los participantes en el estudio son 118 alumnos y alumnas (55.2% eran niñas y el 44.8% eran niños). El alumnado tiene de 5 a 6 años (M = 5.69, DT = .37). El programa se implementa durante las horas lectivas. Los resultados muestran que el programa estimula en los grupos experimentales una mejora significativa en algunas variables de adaptación escolar, problemas conductuales escolares y resultados escolares. Estos resultados sugieren que los programas de atención plena pueden ser eficaces en la promoción de la adaptación escolar y mejora de los resultados escolares en la infancia. Se discuten las implicaciones de estos hallazgos y se realizan recomendaciones para futuras investigaciones.

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