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ERIC Number: EJ1417695
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-2637-8965
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Using Mindfulness Meditation to Reduce Academic Anxiety in Struggling Readers
Jessica Kotik; Christopher A. Was
Educational Research: Theory and Practice, v35 n1 p213-232 2024
The current study investigated the hypothesis that implementing a mindfulness intervention could significantly alleviate anxiety caused by a deficit in reading comprehension, as well as improve trait mindfulness and efficacy. Students with reading difficulties enrolled in a corrective reading intervention program served as participants. All participants took pre-assessments to measure level of reading anxiety, efficacy, trait mindfulness, and reading comprehension. They were then randomly divided into two groups--experimental and control. The experimental group practiced a mindfulness meditation intervention adapted from Eline Snel's (2013) Sitting Still Like a Frog: Mindfulness Exercises for Kids (and Their Parents). The control group participated in a control task, Reading the Room. Following treatment, pre- and post-treatment assessments were taken to measure any changes in level of reading anxiety, efficacy, and trait mindfulness. Results suggest that mindfulness meditation may have led to a decrease in reading anxiety.
Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association. Web site: http://www.nrmera.org/educational-research-theory-practice/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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