Adolescent mindfulness trial detected no symptom benefit despite high satisfaction
Among adolescents from the general population, a mindfulness program showed no detected improvement over a waiting list in questionnaire outcomes. Participants welcomed the program, but longer-term effects remain unknown.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
In adolescents who were not seeking clinical help, the mindfulness program did not show benefits on self-reported stress, anxiety, depression, mood or emotion-regulation strategies compared with waiting. Participants nevertheless reported high satisfaction. The result concerns this program and population; it does not establish that mindfulness has no effects, and later outcomes remain untested.
This abstract-based account relies on self-reported outcomes. Individual responses varied, longer-term effects were not investigated, and the reported assessment interval is not clearly reconciled with the stated program length.
Symptoms and emotional responses
Researchers measured symptoms, positive and negative mood, and strategies for managing emotions before and after the program. They detected no benefit on these self-reported measures; the abstract gives no effect estimates or confidence intervals to describe uncertainty.
Acceptance differs from benefit
Participants reported high satisfaction, with only one dropout. Greater trait mindfulness was also associated with less stress, anxiety and negative mood. That separate correlation does not establish that the program caused those differences, and satisfaction alone does not demonstrate symptom improvement.
The original publication
Impact of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Symptoms and Emotion Regulation Strategies in Young Adolescents From the General Population: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Piguet C, Celen Z, Meuleman B et al.
Depress Anxiety · 2025
- PubMed ID
- 40529112
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