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Impact of mindfulness-based teacher training on MBSR participant well-being outcomes and course satisfaction.

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Ruijgrok-Lupton, Pauline Eva, Crane, Rebecca S., Dorjee, Dusana·2018·Mindfulness

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Growing interest in mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) has resulted in increased demand for MBP teachers, raising questions around safeguarding teaching standards. Training literature emphasises the need for appropriate training and meditation experience, yet studies into impact of such variables on participant outcomes are scarce, requiring further investigation. This feasibility pilot study hypothesised that participant outcomes would relate to teachers’ mindfulness-based teacher training levels and mindfulness-based teaching and meditation experience. Teachers ( n = 9) with different MBP training levels delivering mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) courses to the general public were recruited together with their course participants ( n = 31). A teacher survey collected data on their mindfulness-based teacher training, other professional training and relevant experience. Longitudinal evaluations using online questionnaires measured participant mindfulness and well-being before and after MBSR and participant course satisfaction. Course attendees’ gains after the MBSR courses were correlated with teacher training and experience. Gains in well-being and reductions in perceived stress were significantly larger for the participant cohort taught by teachers who had completed an additional year of mindfulness-based teacher training and assessment. No correlation was found between course participants’ outcomes and their teacher’s mindfulness-based teaching and meditation experience. Our results support the hypothesis that higher mindfulness-based teacher training levels are possibly linked to more positive participant outcomes, with implications for training in MBPs. These initial findings highlight the need for further research on mindfulness-based teacher training and course participant outcomes with larger participant samples.

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  • Another study showed that higher training levels of teachers were associated with positive outcomes in MBSR.

    “Recently, one study showed that trainer competence of MBCT was not associated with treatment outcome for depression (Huijbers et al., 2017), whereas another study showed that higher training levels of teachers were associated with positive outcomes in MBSR (Ruijgrok-Lupton et al., 2018).”

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Authors
Ruijgrok-Lupton, P. E., Crane, R. S., & Dorjee, D.
Affiliations
Bangor University (GB)
Corresponding author
Ruijgrok-Lupton, Pauline Eva
Venue
Mindfulness
Published
2017-06-06
Volume
9
Issue
1
Pages
117-128
ISSN
  • 1868-8527 (ISSN-L)
  • 1868-8535
OpenAlex
W2623320992
Cited by
64
References
60
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 3
FWCI
6.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Mindfulness (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (acceptedVersion)
  • Bangor University Research Portal (Bangor University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
Bangor University
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
Keywords
mindfulness-based stress reduction, meditation experience, participant well-being, perceived stress, course satisfaction, mindfulness program, teacher qualifications

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