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Citation |
Evans-Chase M. J. Juv. Justice 2013; 3(1): 63-79. |
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(Copyright © 2013, In Public Domain (U.S. Department of Justice OJJDP), Publisher CSR) |
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Abstract |
There is mounting evidence that the traumas disproportionately faced by incarcerated youth outside of custody are barriers to the healthy development of self-regulation, compounding their risk for poor social and developmental outcomes. To address this risk, a randomized controlled trial was conducted comparing the impact of Internet-based mindfulness meditation and guided relaxation on self-regulation in juvenile justice-involved youth. Multiple regression analysis was used to assess the differences between treatment and control groups on posttest scores, controlling for pretest scores, with age group included as a moderator in an interaction term with treatment group. Treatment youth in the oldest age group (age 19 to 23) scored significantly higher on interpersonal self-restraint at posttest than similarly aged youth in the control group. Differences were found in the interaction model, but not in the main effects model indicating that, had age been included as a control variable only, treatment effects would not have been found due to the increased variation of age groups analyzed together. These findings support (a) the use of Internet-based mindfulness meditation as a method of fostering the development of self-regulation in incarcerated youth, and (b) the use of age as a moderator in analyses of treatment effects when outcomes are self-regulatory in nature (i.e., delinquency). Language: en |