Clinical trial NCT04518631: Effects of Mindfulness Training on Emotional Care
Official title: Effects of Mindfulness Training on Emotional Care
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Mental Health Issue
Keywords: mindfulness
teacher mental health
emotional care
mindfulness-based intervention for teachers
Lead sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Chinese University of Hong Kong
First posted: 2020-08-19
Enrollment: 299
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Teachers in Hong Kong are susceptible to professional stress and its associated psychosomatic illnesses. To enhance teachers' well-being, mindfulness training is conducted in local schools. The present study is a randomized controlled trial to investigate 1) the effects of mindfulness training on teachers' well-being (i.e. general health, positive affect, life satisfaction, stress, negative affect), and 2) the mechanisms underlying the effectiveness of mindfulness (i.e. emotional care strategies including anchoring, decentering, and acceptance). Participants will be randomized to either intervention (8-week .b Foundations/ .begin course) or waiting-list control condition. They will complete survey before (baseline), after (post-intervention), and two-months (follow-up) after the intervention.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Aged 18 years old or above
* Working in local schools or education institutions
* Willing to participate in mindfulness training voluntarily

Exclusion Criteria:

* Experiencing severe or unstable mental health condition currently
* Completed 8-week mindfulness training previously
* Unwilling to go by random assignment

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in General Health
timeFrame: Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention
measure: Change in Stress
timeFrame: Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention
measure: Change in Anchoring
timeFrame: Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention
measure: Change in Decentering
timeFrame: Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention
measure: Change in Acceptance
timeFrame: Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in Life satisfaction
timeFrame: Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention
measure: Change in Positive affect
timeFrame: Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention
measure: Change in Negative affect
timeFrame: Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention
measure: Change in Reappraisal
timeFrame: Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention
measure: Change in Suppression
timeFrame: Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention
measure: Change in Distraction
timeFrame: Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention
measure: Change in Mindfulness
timeFrame: Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hong Kong
country: Hong Kong
facility: Jockey Club "Peace and Awareness" Mindfulness Culture in Schools Initiative, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
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