Elementary School Mindfulness-Based Substance Use Prevention Program

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的项目将创建并评估一种名为MasterMind的正念药物滥用预防小学学龄后期儿童的可行性。孩子们将参加专注于正念基础的活动（例如，意识到思想），这些活动将由正念运动和正念旅程（例如，冥想）组成。此外，孩子们将学习如何将正念技能应用到他们的日常生活中。主要目标将是为教师制定一个以证据为基础、易于使用的方案，以提高儿童的正念技能，从而对儿童的社交和情感技能产生积极影响，并减少他们未来使用物质的意图。在项目的第一阶段，将根据正念和教师顾问的意见制定整个计划。小学教师和孩子们将参加单独的活动会议，预习这20堂课，并对课程进行反馈。教师们也将被招募来完成一项基于网络的调查，以评估在他们的日常教学计划中实施MasterMind课程的可行性。最后，将在两所小学的教室对修改后的方案进行可行性研究。将获得教师和学生对测试前和测试后问卷的回答以及对该计划可行性的输入。在试点项目取得成果之前，第二阶段将修订该项目，并在一项随机对照试验中评估其有效性，以教授儿童正念技能，从而影响他们的应对和监管行为，从而减少他们使用酒精、烟草和其他药物的意图。公共卫生相关性：已发现以正念为基础的预防性干预措施与减少酒精和药物使用、焦虑和负面影响以及增加注意力和自我意识有关。这个项目的目的是：(1)开发一个基于正念的课程的原型；(2)评估这个项目的可行性。该计划将被设计成一个易于使用，有吸引力，以研究为基础的预防干预计划，由小学后期教师利用主动学习方法教授给学生。该项目将开发一种商业上可用的、经过经验检验的教育工具，可用于小学环境和社区项目。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed project will create and evaluate the feasibility of a mindfulness substance abuse prevention for late elementary school-aged children, called MasterMind. Children will participate in activities focused on the foundations of mindfulness (e.g., awareness of thoughts) and these activities will be comprised of mindful movements and mindful journeys (e.g., meditation). Additionally, children will learn how to apply the mindfulness skills to their everyday lives. The main objective will be to develop an evidence-based, easy-to-use program for teachers to enhance children's mindfulness skills which should, in turn, positively influence children's social and emotional skills, and reduce their intentions to use substances in the future. In Phase I of the project, the overall program will be developed with input from both mindfulness and teacher consultants. Elementary school teachers and children will participate in separate activity meetings to preview the twenty lessons and provide feedback on the program. Teachers will also be recruited to complete a web- based survey assessing the feasibility of implementing the MasterMind curriculum into their daily teaching schedules. Finally, a feasibility study of the revised and finalized program will be conducted in two elementary school classrooms. Teachers' and students' responses to pre- and post-test questionnaires and input on the feasibility of the program will be obtained. Pending the results of the pilot program, Phase II will involve revising the program and evaluating its effectiveness in a randomized controlled trial for teaching children mindfulness skills that will influence their coping and regulatory behaviors, thereby reducing their intentions to use alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Mindfulness-based preventive interventions have been found to be associated with reductions in alcohol and drug use, anxiety, and negative affect and increases in attention and self-awareness. The purpose of this project is to (1) develop the prototype for a mindfulness-based curriculum and (2) evaluate the feasibility of the program. The proposed program will be designed as an easy-to use, attractive, research-based preventive intervention program to be taught by late elementary school teachers to their students that utilizes active learning methods. This project will result in the development of a commercially available, empirically-tested educational tool that can be used in elementary school settings and community-based programs.