Brief school-based interventions to assist adolescents' sleep-onset latency: Comparing mindfulness and constructive worry versus controls.
Study Goal
The researchers aimed to determine whether a brief mindfulness bodyscan intervention could reduce pre-sleep cognitive-emotional arousal and sleep-onset latency in adolescents compared to constructive worry and control conditions.
Results Summary
The study compared mindfulness bodyscan, constructive worry, and control interventions over two weeks, suggesting potential benefits for reducing sleep difficulties in adolescents, though specific efficacy details are not provided in the abstract.
Population
School-based adolescents (N = 232)
Effective Dosage
15-minute mindfulness bodyscan mp3 (frequency not specified)
Duration
2 weeks
Interactions
None mentioned
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Population | Dosage | Impact | Claim # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
mindfulness bodyscan mp3 | decrease | pre-sleep cognitive-emotional arousal | adolescents | - | decrease | #1 |
mindfulness bodyscan mp3 | decrease | sleep-onset latency | adolescents | - | decrease | #2 |
constructive worry | decrease | pre-sleep cognitive-emotional arousal | adolescents | - | decrease | #3 |
constructive worry | decrease | sleep-onset latency | adolescents | - | decrease | #4 |
Difficulties falling asleep are common among adolescents, especially during times of stress. Adolescents may thus benefit from brief techniques (15 min) that decrease pre-sleep cognitive-emotional arousal and sleep-onset latency. The present study used a 3 (intervention: mindfulness bodyscan mp3, constructive worry, control) by 3 (time: baseline, week 1, week 2) mixed-model design on a school-based sample of adolescents (N = 232; M