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This is an experimental study to test if teens with mood disorders have fewer symptoms when they practice P.E.A.C.E.? PEACE is an acronym for a mindfulness practice attending to the breath, body, thoughts, and emotions. P is for pause; E is for exhale; A is for acknowledged; C is for choice; E is for engage. Mindfulness has the potential to have a impact on teens with mood disorders by enhancing awareness, self-management, self-acceptance. Meditation is used in clinical practice for adults to treat a variety of mental and physical health issues but no current data was found on the effectiveness of teens with mood disorders practicing PEACE in a school-based therapy session. Using these same concepts, the hypothesized

Likewise, those who had less were more likely to struggle with their separation. Those who did not complete both follow-up tests were also found to have rated having less self-compassion on the first test, than those who completed all three follow-ups. The key analysis was the follow-up assessments along with the original. Without these tests, it would be much harder to gauge how self-compassion influenced a participant’s mindset over

Adolescents face a conundrum of developmental challenges as they navigate through traumatic experiences and make positive use of healthy coping skills. Self-awareness and self-regulation are two important skills

One area of health management that becomes an area of focus throughout adolescent development includes the need to maintain routines for decreased health risk behaviors (AOTA, 2014). This includes the mental well-being of adolescents as they experience greater developmental changes to their bodies throughout puberty. As occupational therapists, we can utilize therapies and interventions to support participation in health management and wellness for adolescents having a difficult time engaging. There is a lot of new research on the use of meditation and its effects on mental well-being for adolescents. Fung Cheng (2016), conducted a study that introduced meditation as an economically friendly and effective use of therapy for mental care practitioners. In utilizing a holistic approach to occupational therapy, results of this research conclude the use of meditation can be very conducive to adolescent’s mental well-being; a characteristic of health management (Cheng,

Research has established and continues to support the benefits of self-compassion. Indeed, there is evidence that self-compassion is associated with emotional intelligence, intrinsic motivation, emotion focused coping strategies, and life satisfaction (Neff, 2003b; Neff, Hsieh, & Dejitterat, 2005). Additionally, self-compassion protects persons from self-criticism, anxiety, and depression (Neff, 2003b; Neff, Kirkpatrick, & Rude, 2007). Self-compassion also involves taking responsibility for one’s mistakes, and in turn being motivated to change maladaptive thoughts and behaviors (Neff, 2003a; Leary, Tate, Adams, Allen, & Hancock, 2007). Furthermore, self-compassion, not self-esteem, accounts for the attenuation of people’s reactions to negative events (Leary et al., 2007). Together these findings indicate the importance of self-compassion as it promotes adaptive psychological functioning while preventing negative outcomes.

In the article, “Why Self- Compassion Works Better Than Self - Esteem” (2016), published in the Atlantic, author Olga Khazan, asserts that self compassion is more effective than self esteem because self esteem results from a comparison to peers. She then suggests talking to yourself with the same kind of kindness, care and compassion, you would treat your best friend or someone you truly love. Khazan backs up this claim by doing the following: first, she uses Kristin Neff’s, a psychology professor at the University of Texas, research and insights to support her idea and conducts an interview with Neff in order to communicate how self esteem may fail and explains how one can boost compassion for oneself instead. Khazan, supported by Neff, argue that self esteem is dependent on three domains: peer approval, perceived appearance, and measure of success. When we fail or do not meet these high expectations or are not affirmed, self esteem deserts us when it is needed the most. In all, Khazan suggests that self esteem in unreliable as it can let us down however self love is a better alternative because it is constant and will not disappoint

Mindfulness practices as a treatment for depression and anxiety in adults is a popular field that has showed promising results, while research into mindfulness as a treatment and/or preventative measure in adolescents is a newer, and still developing field of study (Ames, Richardson, Payne, Smith, & Leigh, 2013; Biegel, Brown, Shapiro, & Schubert, 2009; Bluth & Blanton, 2013; Britton et al., 2014). The research that is currently available generally provides support for a connection between a reduction in mental health issues including depression and anxiety in youth who practice mindfulness; although researchers note that more studies are needed in this field before implementing

Materials: Resilience 14 item scale, The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaires, The Self-Compassion Scale, Notebook/Personal journal

The results of this systematic review addressing the effectiveness of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) in the prevention and relapse reduction of depression and anxiety in adolescents gathered results from 15 peer reviewed articles. The databases PsychINFO, Proquest Sociology, and PubMed were used for the search and five articles were selected from each of the databases for further exploration in order to answer the question: Does the use of mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT) to decrease levels of anxiety and depression in

Initial empirical work has shown that self-compassion is positively and significantly related to psychological health (e.g., happiness, optimism, positive affect, wisdom, personal Initiative) beyond personality (1). Self-compassion appeared to have an impact on well-being as well for the general population (2), older adults (8) or adolescents (9). Self-compassion may be a useful resource to protect caregivers from stress (10), and may be applied in different clinical settings as depression (11,12), shame (13) or social anxiety (14). Self-compassion is investigated as a resilience factor in situations of traumatic stress (15) or psychological vulnerability (16). It may be seen as a buffer when facing distressing events (17). Recently, intervention

Adolescents today are forced to face the intensified stressors of life in our high pressured society and the cognitive, physiological, and emotional changes that take place throughout this stage of development. As a result, the rates of many psychopathologies, including major depression, social anxiety disorder, various behavior disorders, and substance use disorders increase significantly among adolescents ages 10–16. Depression generally emerges around 20 years of age, but starts arising during puberty and adolescence. This data suggests that puberty is a critical maturational period that could potentially establish a lifetime free from, or full of psychopathology. The question asked is: Will mindfulness be one of the ways to ensure a lifetime

Welp and Brown (2013) described the three qualities of self compassion: kindness towards oneself in spite of facing difficulties, perceiving oneself as part of the over all human experience, and regulating painful emotions. Additionally, Barnard and Curry (2011) suggest that the quality of self-compassion also entails allowing oneself to be mindful and aware of painful experiences and thoughts. Specifically the term, “self compassion”, involves practicing

In emotional contexts a teenager’s self-control is more severely restricted than at any other time in development.

While there is no need to see ‘common humanity’ in an overall positive light – people can be compassionate towards their friends and not embrace the rather abstract term of ‘humanity’ – it is nevertheless necessary to know how forgiving a person in general is. The third item is the diametrically opposite: self-kindness. While humanity is abstract and outwards directed, self-kindness is concrete and inward (Reyes, 2012; Raab, 2014). One would expect a negative correlation between the stance towards humanity and how one sees oneself. For that reason, sub-scores for self-kindness are counted in reverse order in contrast to the other three areas. The fourth area, however, is the real significant area, because it evaluates mindfulness, a Buddhist concept to the very core (Huynh et al., 2007; Dahl et al., 2015). ‘Mindfulness’ lets us measure self-compassion with some accuracy because of this parameter measures if one is ready to accept reality as it is. Only if we aren’t defensive against the things that happen in our life, only if we accept what are there can we be compassionate towards ourselves, without judgment, without any attachment to an ego and emotional distress towards items we do not have the power to change (Hanh, 2016)?

After reading Bain’s chapter on self-compassion and listening to Neff talk about self-compassion being the center of her life, I