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NCT Number: NCT04518631

Effects of Mindfulness Training on Emotional Care

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Mental Health Issue

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Jockey Club "Peace and Awareness" Mindfulness Culture in Schools Initiative, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

8-week mindfulness program

Behavioral

The .b Foundations course is an 8-week mindfulness program developed by Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP) for school teachers and personnel. It includes a taster session and 8 weekly sessions. Each session lasts for 1.5 hours with a specific theme (e.g. Lesson 1 waking up from autopilot). Formal and informal mindfulness practices (e.g. mindful eating, body scan, mindful walking, habit releaser etc.), psychoeducation, cognitive exercises, inquiry, and home practice are involved.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in General Health

    Time frame: Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention

    General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), 12 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)

  2. Change in Stress

    Time frame: Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention

    Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), 10 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)

  3. Change in Anchoring

    Time frame: Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention

    5 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)

  4. Change in Decentering

    Time frame: Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention

    Non Reactivity Subscale of Chinese Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ-C), 4 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)

  5. Change in Acceptance

    Time frame: Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention

    Acceptance subscale of Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised (CAMS-R), 3 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in Life satisfaction

    Time frame: Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention

    Life Satisfaction Questionnaire, 5 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)

  2. Change in Positive affect

    Time frame: Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention

    Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), 4 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)

  3. Change in Negative affect

    Time frame: Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention

    Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), 4 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)

  4. Change in Reappraisal

    Time frame: Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention

    Reappraisal subscale of Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ), 6 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)

  5. Change in Suppression

    Time frame: Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention

    Suppression subscale of Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ), 4 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)

  6. Change in Distraction

    Time frame: Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention

    5 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)

  7. Change in Mindfulness

    Time frame: Baseline, Immediately after intervention, Two-months after intervention

    Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised (CAMS-R), 12 items, 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

The University of Hong Kong

Other

Collaborators

  • Chinese University of Hong Kong

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Aug 19, 2020
Registry last updated
Sep 8, 2021

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