Mindful Coping Power: Comparative Effects on Children's Reactive Aggression and Self-Regulation

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dc.contributor.authorBoxmeyer, Caroline L.
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Shari
dc.contributor.authorRomero, Devon E.
dc.contributor.authorPowell, Nicole P.
dc.contributor.authorJones, Shannon
dc.contributor.authorQu, Lixin
dc.contributor.authorTueller, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorLochman, John E.
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)
dc.contributor.otherResearch Triangle Institute
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-28T22:04:43Z
dc.date.available2023-09-28T22:04:43Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractCoping Power (CP) is an evidence-based preventive intervention for youth with disruptive behavior problems. This study examined whether Mindful Coping Power (MCP), a novel adaptation which integrates mindfulness into CP, enhances program effects on children's reactive aggression and self-regulation. A pilot randomized design was utilized to estimate the effect sizes for MCP versus CP in a sample of 102 child participants (fifth grade students, predominantly low-middle income, 87% Black). MCP produced significantly greater improvement in children's self-reported dysregulation (emotional, behavioral, cognitive) than CP, including children's perceived anger modulation. Small to moderate effects favoring MCP were also observed for improvements in child-reported inhibitory control and breath awareness and parent-reported child attentional capacity and social skills. MCP did not yield a differential effect on teacher-rated reactive aggression. CP produced a stronger effect than MCP on parent-reported externalizing behavior problems. Although MCP did not enhance program effects on children's reactive aggression as expected, it did have enhancing effects on children's internal, embodied experiences (self-regulation, anger modulation, breath awareness). Future studies are needed to compare MCP and CP in a large scale, controlled efficacy trial and to examine whether MCP-produced improvements in children's internal experiences lead to improvements in their observable behavior over time.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationBoxmeyer, C. L., Miller, S., Romero, D. E., Powell, N. P., Jones, S., Qu, L., Tueller, S., & Lochman, J. E. (2021). Mindful Coping Power: Comparative Effects on Children’s Reactive Aggression and Self-Regulation. In Brain Sciences (Vol. 11, Issue 9, p. 1119). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11091119
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/brainsci11091119
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5417-0046
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/12301
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.rights.licenseAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectmindfulness
dc.subjectreactive aggression
dc.subjectdisruptive behavior
dc.subjectCoping Power
dc.subjectself-regulation
dc.subjectprevention
dc.subjectMindful Coping Power
dc.subjectPROACTIVE AGGRESSION
dc.subjectSUBSTANCE USE
dc.subjectSCHOOL-CHILDREN
dc.subjectPROGRAM
dc.subjectMEDITATION
dc.subjectINTERVENTION
dc.subjectEMOTIONS
dc.subjectBEHAVIOR
dc.subjectOUTCOMES
dc.subjectANGER
dc.subjectNeurosciences
dc.titleMindful Coping Power: Comparative Effects on Children's Reactive Aggression and Self-Regulationen_US
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