Exploring an intensive meditation intervention for incarcerated youth
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BACKGROUND: We examined the experiences of incarcerated adolescent males (N = 29) who participated in a one-day meditation retreat and 10-week meditation programme. METHOD: Self-report surveys assessing mindfulness, self-regulation, impulsivity and stress; behavioural assessments; and focus group data were examined. RESULTS: We observed significantly higher scores in self-regulation (p = .012) and psychometric markers demonstrated psychological enhancement. No behavioural change was observed. Six themes emerged: enhanced well-being, increased self-discipline, increased social cohesiveness, expanded self-awareness, resistance to meditation and future meditation practice. CONCLUSIONS: Early evidence suggests that meditation training for incarcerated youth is a feasible and promising intervention.
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Other studies employing mindfulness in both women and men in prison found pre- and postchanges in anxiety or stress symptomatology.
“the results confirmed the pre- and postchanges in anxiety or stress symptomatology that was observed in other studies that employed mindfulness in both women and men in prison [26,27].”
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- Authors
- Barnert, E. S., Himelstein, S., Herbert, S., Garcia‐Romeu, A., & Chamberlain, L. J.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- The Mind Body Awareness Project Oakland California USA
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- Sofia University (US)
- Venue
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2013-02-11
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 69-73
- ISSN
- 1475-357X (ISSN-L)
- 1475-3588
- OpenAlex
- W2021223155
- Cited by
- 50
- References
- 17
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 3 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 2.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance
- National Institutes of Health
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Keywords
- meditation, incarcerated youth, adolescents, mindfulness, self-regulation, impulsivity, stress, meditation retreats, psychological well-being, self-awareness, social cohesion, self-control, feasibility, juvenile offenders
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