@article{ref1,
title="Mindful coping power: comparative effects on children's reactive aggression and self-regulation",
journal="Brain sciences",
year="2021",
author="Boxmeyer, Caroline L. and Miller, Shari and Romero, Devon E. and Powell, Nicole P. and Jones, Shannon and Qu, Lixin and Tueller, Stephen and Lochman, John E.",
volume="11",
number="9",
pages="e1119-e1119",
abstract="Coping 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2076-3425",
doi="10.3390/brainsci11091119",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11091119"
}