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Long-term impacts of the CARE program on teachers' self-reported social and emotional competence and well-being.

Journal of school psychology
October 1, 2019
Patricia A Jennings et al. (6 authors)
Journal ArticleRandomized Controlled TrialHuman StudyClinical
Study Details

Study Goal

The researchers aimed to determine whether the mindfulness-based program CARE could sustain long-term reductions in psychological distress and improvements in emotion regulation and mindfulness among teachers in high-poverty elementary schools.

Results Summary

CARE teachers showed sustained significant decreases in psychological distress and physical distress, along with continued improvements in emotion regulation and some mindfulness dimensions at a 9.5-month follow-up compared to controls.

Population

224 elementary school teachers in high-poverty areas of New York City.

Effective Dosage

Not specified

Duration

Intervention duration not specified; follow-up assessment at 9.5 months post-intervention.

Interactions

None mentioned

Extracted Claims (8)
InterventionDirectionEndpointPopulationDosageImpactClaim #
mindfulness-based interventions
increase
well-being
healthy adults
-
promote
#1
mindfulness-based interventions
decrease
stress
healthy adults
-
reduce
#2
mindfulness-based interventions
increase
emotion regulation
-
-
enhance
#3
mindfulness-based interventions
decrease
psychological distress
-
-
reduce
#4
Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE)
decrease
psychological distress
CARE teachers
-
showed continued significant decreases
#5
Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE)
decrease
ache-related physical distress
CARE teachers
-
reductions
#6
Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE)
increase
emotion regulation
CARE teachers
-
continued significant increases
#7
Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE)
increase
some dimensions of mindfulness
CARE teachers
-
continued significant increases
#8
Abstract

Teacher stress is at an all-time high, negatively impacting the quality of education and student outcomes. In recent years, mindfulness-based interventions have been shown to promote well-being and reduce stress among healthy adults. In particular, mindfulness-based interventions enhance emotion regulation and reduce psychological distress. One such program specifically designed to address teacher stress is Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE). The present study examined teachers' self-reported data collected at three time points over two consecutive school years as part of a randomized controlled trial of CARE. The study involved 224 teachers in 36 elementary schools in high poverty areas of New York City. Teachers were randomly assigned within schools to receive CARE or to a waitlist control group. This study builds on previous experimental evidence of the impacts of CARE on teacher self-reported outcomes for this sample of teachers within one school year (Jennings et al., 2017). Results indicate that at the third assessment point (9.5 months after participating in the program), CARE teachers showed continued significant decreases in psychological distress, reductions in ache-related physical distress, continued significant increases in emotion regulation and some dimensions of mindfulness. Findings indicate that teachers who participated in mindfulness-based professional development through CARE reported both sustained and new benefits regarding their well-being at a follow-up assessment almost one-year post-intervention compared to teachers in the control condition. Implications for further research and policy are discussed.

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
AdultAgedEmotional RegulationFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHealth StatusHumansMaleMental HealthMiddle AgedMindfulnessNew York CityOccupational HealthOccupational StressPsychological DistressResilience, PsychologicalSchool TeachersSelf ReportSocial SkillsTreatment Outcome
Study Links
Quality Scores
SafetyNot Assessed
Efficacy85/10
Quality90/10
Citation Metrics
Total Citations24
Citations/Year4.0
Relative Citation Ratio2.52
NIH Percentile80.9%
Research Impact Scores
APT Score0.75
Weight Score2.48
Normalized Score0.72
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