Cited by 90Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology and Mental Health

A critical review of adolescent mindfulness-based programmes.

Tan, Lucy BG·2016·Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Previous research has demonstrated that mindfulness-based programmes improve psychological functioning in a myriad of adult domains. These include health care, marketing and sports industries. The efficacy of mindfulness-based programmes in the adult population is well established. Indeed, compared to adult empirical literature, mindfulness programmes for adolescents are relatively developmental and less articulated until now. It may be argued that mindfulness-based programmes could and should begin early and be applicable to young people at a time that is critical in their development. Hence, this article analyses the characteristics, objectives and outcomes of mindfulness interventions for adolescents, focusing on the mindfulness programme adjustments and adaptations made to the content for this target group. METHOD: A critique of the literature that included published articles of mindfulness-based interventions (both clinical and universal programmes) for adolescents were sourced and reviewed. Conference papers and unpublished dissertations were excluded. RESULTS: The review indicated that a majority of these were longitudinal and feasibility studies, with only one clinical randomised controlled trial study. CONCLUSION: Preliminary evidence for the use of mindfulness-based with adolescents continues to be nascent, with many of the studies using inappropriate or no mindfulness process measures at all. In addition, a majority of the studies did not provide specific details of the mindfulness programmes for adolescents, nor discuss what modifications were undertaken--all of which makes comparison difficult. However, with the availability of recent and age-appropriate mindfulness measures for adolescents, more rigorous and robust research looks promising.

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  • More evidence is needed to investigate the generalizability of intervention results, particularly among non-clinical adolescent samples.

    “While, more evidence is still needed to investigate the generalizability of these results from intervention studies, particularly among non-clinical adolescent samples (Tan, 2016).”
  • The results of mindfulness-based intervention studies cannot be directly generalized to research on adolescents' dispositional mindfulness.

    “Furthermore, the results of mindfulness-based intervention studies can’t be directly generalized to the research on adolescents’ dispositional mindfulness (Tan, 2016).”

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Authors
Tan, L. B.
Affiliations
The University of Queensland (AU)
Corresponding author
Tan, Lucy BG
Venue
Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Published
2015-03-25
Volume
21
Issue
2
Pages
193-207
ISSN
  • 1359-1045 (ISSN-L)
  • 1461-7021
OpenAlex
W2057579570
Cited by
90
References
34
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 1
FWCI
1.39
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychology and Mental Health
Keywords
mindfulness-based interventions, adolescents, program adaptation, intervention efficacy, early intervention
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Humans, Mental Health, Adolescent Development, Mindfulness

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