Yoga as a Mind-Body Practice

Brems, Christiane

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“…Further, children move between various "feelable", observable states in the body (i.e. recognising sensations of anger, sadness, joy, fear) through activation, mobilisation, settling and self-expression activities (Michalek, Burg & Heidenreich, 2012; Pylvänäinen & Lappalainen, 2018; Levine & Land, 2015;Brems, 2020). The weekly sessions are offered by a team of 3-5 trained facilitators for children of a speci c age group, e.g.…”

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WITHDRAWN: Process Evaluation of TeamUp: A Movement–Based Psychosocial Intervention for Refugee Children in the Netherlands

Bleile

Koppenol-Gonzalez

Verreault

et al. 2020

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Background: Nearly 60,000 people applied for asylum in the Netherland in 2015, confronting the governmental structures and services with great administrative, logistical and service provision challenges. Refugee children’s psychosocial needs and wellbeing are often overlooked, and post-migration support is of pivotal importance.Methods: An easy accessible movement–based psychosocial intervention, called TeamUp, was developed for children aged 6-17 living in refugee reception centres. A mixed-method process evaluation was conducted of (1) implementation process, assessing attendance (n = 2183 children, and n = 209 children); (2) implementation quality, using structured observations at two time points) to evaluate facilitator’s (2a) individual-level fidelity (n = 81 facilitators); (2b) team-level fidelity (n = 22 teams); (2c) facilitators’ competencies (n = 81); (2d) trainee perceived self-efficacy pre-post training (n = 73); and (3) perceptions on implementation and outcomes, employing a survey (n = 99), focus group discussions and key informant interviews with children (n = 94), facilitators (n = 24) and reception centre staff (n = 10).Results: Attendance lists showed a mean of 8.5 children per session, and children attending 31.3% of sessions. Structured observations demonstrated 49.2% and 58.2% individual-level fidelity, 72.5% and 73.0% team-level fidelity, and 82.9% and 88.4% adequacy in competencies, each at T1 and T2 respectively. Main challenges that were reported included managing children’s energy regulation (e.g. offering settling moments) and challenging behaviour. Training participation significantly improved perceived self-efficacy for trainees. The facilitator survey demonstrated on average, high satisfaction and self-efficacy, low experienced burden, and high perceived capacity-building support. Qualitatively, TeamUp was positively perceived by all stakeholders and was regarded as contributing to children’s psychosocial outcomes.Conclusion: (1) Attendance and group size were lower than expected. (2) The intervention’s facilitator fidelity ranged from moderate to adequate – exhibiting a need for specific fidelity strengthening and capacity-building – while facilitator competencies were high. Trainee’s perceived self-efficacy improved significantly following a two-day training. (3) Facilitators expressed high levels of satisfaction, self-efficacy and support, and low burden. The intervention was positively perceived by all stakeholders and to have a positive impact on children’s psychosocial learning and wellbeing.

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WITHDRAWN: Process Evaluation of TeamUp: A Movement–Based Psychosocial Intervention for Refugee Children in the Netherlands

Bleile

Koppenol-Gonzalez

Verreault

et al. 2020

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“…Further, children move between various “feel-able”, observable states in the body (i.e. recognising sensations of anger, sadness, joy, fear) through activation, mobilisation, settling and self-expression activities [ 8 , 38 , 44 , 54 ]. The weekly sessions are offered by a team of 3–5 trained facilitators for children of a specific age group, e.g.…”

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Process evaluation of TeamUp: a movement-based psychosocial intervention for refugee children in the Netherlands

Bleile

Koppenol-Gonzalez

Verreault

et al. 2021

Int J Ment Health Syst

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Background Nearly 60,000 people applied for asylum in the Netherland in 2015, confronting the governmental structures and services with great administrative, logistical and service provision challenges. Refugee children’s psychosocial needs and wellbeing are often overlooked, and post-migration support is of pivotal importance. Methods An easy accessible movement–based psychosocial intervention, called TeamUp, was developed for children aged 6–17 living in refugee reception centres. A mixed-method process evaluation was conducted of (1) implementation process, assessing attendance (n = 2183 children, and n = 209 children); (2) implementation quality, using structured observations at two time points to evaluate facilitator’s (2a) individual-level fidelity (n = 81 facilitators); (2b) team-level fidelity (n = 22 teams); (2c) facilitators’ competencies (n = 81); (2d) trainee perceived self-efficacy pre-post training (n = 73); and (3) perceptions on implementation and outcomes, employing a survey (n = 99), focus group discussions and key informant interviews with children (n = 94), facilitators (n = 24) and reception centre staff (n = 10). Results Attendance lists showed a mean of 8.5 children per session, and children attending 31.3% of sessions. Structured observations demonstrated 49.2% and 58.2% individual-level fidelity, 72.5% and 73.0% team-level fidelity, and 82.9% and 88.4% adequacy in competencies, each at T1 and T2 respectively. The main reported challenges included managing children’s energy regulation (e.g. offering settling moments) and challenging behaviour. Training participation significantly improved perceived self-efficacy for trainees. The facilitator survey demonstrated on average, high satisfaction and self-efficacy, low experienced burden, and high perceived capacity-building support. Qualitatively, TeamUp was positively perceived by all stakeholders and was regarded as contributing to children’s psychosocial outcomes. Conclusion (1) Attendance and group size were lower than expected. (2) The intervention’s facilitator fidelity ranged from moderate to adequate—exhibiting a need for specific fidelity and capacity strengthening—while facilitator competencies were high. Trainee’s perceived self-efficacy improved significantly following a 2-day training. (3) Facilitators expressed high levels of satisfaction, self-efficacy and support, and low burden. The intervention was positively perceived by all stakeholders and to have a positive impact on children’s psychosocial learning and wellbeing.

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“…Ancient holistic MBPA practices, such as yoga, tai chi, and qi gong, are becoming powerful complementary lifestyle routines to manage physical and mental challenges, such as stress (Bhadane, 2018;Brems, 2020;Erdogan Yuce & Muz, 2020;Strehli et al, 2020). Yoga practitioners reported significantly lower perceived stress and higher well-being than the national population (Cartwright et al, 2020).…”

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Effectiveness of a Tailored Mind-body Physical Activity (Mbpa) Intervention on Stress and Well-being Among College Students During the Covid-19 Pandemic: a Pilot Study

Strehli

Burns

Yang

et al. 2022

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The purpose of this pilot study was to examine the preliminary effectiveness and feasibility of a tailored MBPA intervention on well-being, stress, interoceptive sensibility, and objective physical activity (PA) in a sample of college students during COVID-19. Participants were 21 university students (81% were female). The study was conducted within an Interrupted Time-Series Design framework. Self-report data, well-being (WHO-5), stress (PSS-4), and interoceptive sensibility were collected at six time points. Objective PA data were assessed using a wrist-worn ActiGraph GT9X accelerometer over three 7-day periods, at baseline, mid-and postintervention. Mixed design Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) tests with repeated measures showed that participants’ time spent in light (LPA) and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) was significantly higher during and at the end of the intervention compared to baseline (LPA [F (2, 36) = 11.9, P = .003, partial eta-squared = 0.39]; MVPA [F (2, 36) = 11.2, P < .001, partial eta-squared = 0.38]). It was found that participants’ subjective well-being main effect for time [F (5, 75) = 1.1, P = .363, partial eta-squared = 0.07], perceived stress [F (5, 75) = 1.2, P = .281, partial eta-squared = 0.44], and interoceptive sensibility [F (1.4, 19.0) = 2.8, P = .097, partial eta-squared = 0.18] did not change significantly; however, the results indicated positive trends. In conclusion, results indicate conducting a more extensive study. The MBPA intervention’s positive effects and trends promise to be a feasible intervention to increase PA among students in higher education.

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Yoga as a Mind-Body Practice

Cited by 8 publications

References 87 publications

WITHDRAWN: Process Evaluation of TeamUp: A Movement–Based Psychosocial Intervention for Refugee Children in the Netherlands

WITHDRAWN: Process Evaluation of TeamUp: A Movement–Based Psychosocial Intervention for Refugee Children in the Netherlands

Process evaluation of TeamUp: a movement-based psychosocial intervention for refugee children in the Netherlands

Effectiveness of a Tailored Mind-body Physical Activity (Mbpa) Intervention on Stress and Well-being Among College Students During the Covid-19 Pandemic: a Pilot Study

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