Mindful Little Minds: Reducing Posttraumatic Symptoms and Supporting Preschoolers Facing Chronic Stress

Description

A total of 150 children aged 3–6 from preschools located in Israel, near the Gaza border participated in the study. The children were divided into two groups: the experimental group (n = 94) and the control group (n = 56). The Focused and Mindful program was implemented over one year and consisted of brief, structured mindfulness practices integrated into daily routines. A pre–post design was used to assess changes in preschoolers’ functioning utilizing standardized teacher and parent questionnaires that measured emotional, social, and behavioral difficulties, as well as preschooler’s mental resilience. The specific measures included in the study, and having self-explanatory names in the SPSS data file are: The ADHD Rating Scale–IV (DuPaul et al., 1998) Overall Inattention Impulsivity Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) (Goodman, 1997) Overall Hyperactivity/inattention Conduct problems Peer relationship problems Prosocial behavior Emotional symptoms SCS - Social Competence Scale (Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group, 1995), filled by parents Overall Prosocial behaviors Self-regulation SCS - Social Competence Scale (Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group, 1995), filled by teacher Overall Prosocial behaviors Self-regulation PTSD - Child PTSD Symptom Scale (Foa et al., 1997), filled bu parent Overall Re-experiencing Avoidance Arousal PTSD Symptoms Questionnaire (Frederick et al., 1992) filled by teachers

Steps to reproduce

Each participant has 2 rows, one for pre-meaures (Time=1) and another for post-measures (Time=2). An example of the syntax for comparing the groups: MIXED DU_PAUL_all BY group Time gender kibbutz_no /CRITERIA=DFMETHOD(SATTERTHWAITE) CIN(95) MXITER(100) MXSTEP(10) SCORING(1) SINGULAR(0.000000000001) HCONVERGE(0, ABSOLUTE) LCONVERGE(0, ABSOLUTE) PCONVERGE(0.000001, ABSOLUTE) /FIXED=group Time group*Time gender group*Time*gender | SSTYPE(3) /METHOD=REML /RANDOM=kibbutz_no | COVTYPE(VC) /REPEATED=Time | SUBJECT(child_NUM) COVTYPE(UN) /EMMEANS=TABLES(group*Time) /EMMEANS=TABLES(Time*group) COMPARE (time) ADJ(BONFERRONI).

Institutions

• Tel Aviv University

  Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv

Categories

Licence