The Impact of a Meditation Programme on Primary School aged Children

Meditation has been considered as an intervention technique for enhancing the overall well-being of individuals, both psychologically and physiologically. Previous research has identified the possibility of meditation being used as an intervention within the education system in order to have positive effects on children. This study investigated the effect of a meditation programme with on children's' self-esteem, mindfulness and attachment style in a sample of 50 pupils. 25 randomly allocated participants completed a meditation programme for 8 weeks and all 50 participants completed pre and post-test measures of Rosenberg's Self Esteem Scale, Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMMS) and the Attachment Questionnaire Children (AQ-C). A mixed between and within groups ANOVA revealed that there was a significant main effect for mindfulness. There were also significant post-hoc results between low self-esteem and ambivalent attachment style. However there were no significant interaction effects. Therefore the results demonstrated that further research is required to identify further effects following meditation amongst primary school aged children.bsc_Psyunpub1353_ethesesunpu