Promoting Mindfulness in African American Communities

Biggers, Alana; Spears, Claire Adams; Sanders, Kimberly; Ong, Jason C.; Sharp, Lisa K.; Gerber, Ben S.

doi:10.1007/s12671-020-01480-w

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“…As mentioned earlier, chronic stress contributes to higher rates of poor health outcomes for Black Americans (Biggers et al, 2020). Schools must provide support and empathy in stress and validation of emotional experiences (Keels, 2020).…”

Section: Mindfulnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reconceptualizing school safety for Black students

Heidelburg

Phelps

Collins

2022

School Psychology International

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Ensuring a psychologically and physically safe learning environment for students and staff is necessary for students to learn and grow and for teachers to teach. However, for Black students and other marginalized students, the school environment is often physically and emotionally unsafe and they are targeted by anti-Black policies and practices, ultimately producing inequitable outcomes. As such, school safety must be reexamined and reconceptualized to promote a safe, secure, and welcoming environment for Black students. In this article, we will discuss the school-based experiences of Black students in American schools with a particular focus on Black students’ physical and emotional safety. Furthermore, implications and recommendations for establishing safe, affirming, and culturally relevant educational spaces for Black students are provided.

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Section: Mindfulnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reconceptualizing school safety for Black students

Heidelburg

Phelps

Collins

2022

School Psychology International

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“…The social and demographic characteristics of the sample are important to acknowledge. Offering accessible, scalable, culturally relevant mindfulness interventions that are congruent with the needs of lower income, Black, Indigenous, and people of color is essential to health equity (Biggers et al, 2020; Garfield & Watson-Singleton, 2021; Nagy et al, 2022). Most pregnancy mindfulness interventions have been examined in White populations.…”

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confidence: 99%

Long-term effects of a prenatal mindfulness intervention on depressive symptoms in a diverse sample of women.

Roubinov¹,

Epel²,

Coccia³

et al. 2022

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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Objective: Depression is a public health crisis, and scalable, affordable interventions are needed. Although many psychosocial interventions are effective, there is little research investigating their sustained, long-term influence on well-being. The purpose of this study was to examine whether a prenatal mindfulness intervention with demonstrated benefit for women's depressive symptoms during the early postpartum period would exert effects through 8 years. Method: The sample of 162 lower income women was racially and ethnically diverse. Women were assigned to receive an 8-week mindfulness-based intervention during pregnancy (MIND) or treatment as usual (TAU). Repeated assessments of depressive symptoms were collected using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 at baseline, postintervention, and following childbirth (1, 2, 3-4, 5, 6, and 8 years from baseline). The most recent assessment of depressive symptoms was collected during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: MIND and TAU women were equivalent on sociodemographic factors and depressive symptoms at baseline. Depressive symptoms at all follow-up assessments through 8 years were significantly lower among women in MIND compared to TAU. The odds of moderate or higher depressive symptoms were greater among TAU compared to MIND women at all time points except the 6-year assessment. By Year 8, 12% of women in MIND reported moderate or more severe depressive symptoms compared to 25% of women in TAU. Conclusions: Results suggest the effects of a group-based psychosocial intervention during pregnancy may endure for years, well beyond the initial perinatal period. Investing in prevention and intervention efforts for mental health during pregnancy may have sustained benefits for the well-being of women. This document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers.This article is intended solely for the personal use of the individual user and is not to be disseminated broadly.Elissa S. Epel received funding from Grant U01 HL097973 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Nicole R. Bush received funding from Grants R01 HL116511-02 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and UL1 TR000004 from the National Institute of Health and also from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Lisa Stone Pritzker Family Fund, and Lisa and John Pritzker Family Foundation. Danielle S. Roubinov received funding from Grant K23MH1137019 from the National Institute of Mental Health.Danielle S. Roubinov played the lead role in writing of the original draft, supporting role in formal analysis and equal role in conceptualization and methodology. Elissa S. Epel played lead role in funding acquisition and supporting role in supervision and writing of review and editing. Michael Coccia played lead role in data curation and formal analysis. Kimberly Coleman-Phox played a supporting role in reviewing and editing and equal role in project administration. Cassandra Vieten played a supporting role in supervision and reviewing and editing and equal role...

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“…A full discussion of this issue is beyond the scope of this manuscript; however, counselors and supervisees may be reluctant to engage in mindfulness practices based on a variety of concerns. These concerns might include incompatible religious beliefs (Johnson & Walsh, 2021;Biggers et al, 2020), a lack of representation or mistrust of helping professionals among ethnic minority groups (Biggers et al, 2020), a lack of evidence-based research on mindfulness interventions with ethnic minority groups (Biggers et al, 2020;Castellanos et al, 2020), or the emphasis of the individualistic benefits of mindfulness in communities favoring collectivism and interdependence (Bryan & Morrow, 2011). Other counselors may oppose mindfulness or meditation practice due to prior adverse experiences (Farias & Wikholm, 2016).…”

Section: Implications For Future Research and Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 99%