The Effects of Mind Subtraction Meditation on Depression, Social Anxiety, Aggression, and Salivary Cortisol Levels of Elementary School Children in South Korea

Yang Gyeong Yoo; Duck Joo Lee; In Soo Lee; Namin Shin; Ju Yeon Park; Mi Ra Yoon; Boas Yu

doi:10.1016/j.pedn.2015.12.001

The Effects of Mind Subtraction Meditation on Depression, Social Anxiety, Aggression, and Salivary Cortisol Levels of Elementary School Children in South Korea

Yang Gyeong Yoo
, Duck Joo Lee
, In Soo Lee
, Namin Shin
, Ju Yeon Park
, Mi Ra Yoon
, Boas Yu

Department of Education

Kunsan National University
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Korea National University of Transportation
Gyesan Elementary School
Chung-Ang University
Holy Family University

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This study analyzed the effects of a school-based mind subtraction meditation program on depression, social anxiety, aggression, and salivary cortisol levels of 42 elementary school children in South Korea. The research design was a nonequivalent group comparison with pretest and post-test. The experimental group was given 8 weeks of the meditation program. The results showed social anxiety, aggression, and salivary cortisol levels were significantly lowered in the experimental group. This demonstrated that the school-based mind subtraction meditation program could be effective in improving psychosocial and behavioral aspects of mental health in elementary school children.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e185-e197
Journal	Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Volume	31
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2015.12.001
State	Published - 1 May 2016

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Keywords

Aggression
Depression
Elementary school students
Mind subtraction meditation
Salivary cortisol
School-based meditation program
Social anxiety
Stress

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