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Background <p>The Gaia program is a 12-week mindfulness intervention based on cultivating body, emotional, and ecological self-awareness. It has shown to be effective in enhancing well-being as well as reducing psychological distress and internalizing problems among children and adolescents.</p> Objective <p>The aim of this study is twofold: to assess the effectiveness of the program on basic human values and wellbeing, and to test the mediating effect of wellbeing dimensions in the relationship between mindfulness and human values.</p> Methods <p>A total of 286 adolescent students were randomly assigned to the experimental and to the control group; each participant completed the Psychological Well-being Scale and the Portrait Values Questionnaire at baseline and at 3-months post-test. A multilevel regression model was carried out to test the effectiveness of the Gaia program on outcome measures, while a Half Longitudinal Structural Equation Mediation Model was conducted to test the mediating effects.</p> Results <p>We observed significant positive effects of the Gaia Program on the overall Psychological Well-being score, as well as on its dimensions of Self-Acceptance and Personal Growth. Among basic human values, only Self-enhancement was affected. Furthermore, we found that the Gaia Program positively influenced Self-transcendence value through Personal Growth (<i>b</i> = .055, Monte Carlo 95% CI .005; .129).</p> Conclusions <p>While Self-enhancement was the only value to benefit from the Gaia program, no significant results were found regarding the well-being dimensions that might serve as key processes in how mindfulness influences its development among adolescents.</p>

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Enhancing Universal Values Through Mindfulness and Psychological Well-Being: A Randomized-Controlled Trial with Adolescents

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    2025年5月23日

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  • Francesca Scafuto,
  • Cristiano Crescentini,
  • Ciro Conversano,
  • Alessio Matiz,
  • Francesco De Vincenzo,
  • Silvia Ghiroldi,
  • Federico Nitamo Montecucco,
  • Fabio Presaghi,
  • Rossella Mattea Quinto

摘要

Background

The Gaia program is a 12-week mindfulness intervention based on cultivating body, emotional, and ecological self-awareness. It has shown to be effective in enhancing well-being as well as reducing psychological distress and internalizing problems among children and adolescents.

Objective

The aim of this study is twofold: to assess the effectiveness of the program on basic human values and wellbeing, and to test the mediating effect of wellbeing dimensions in the relationship between mindfulness and human values.

Methods

A total of 286 adolescent students were randomly assigned to the experimental and to the control group; each participant completed the Psychological Well-being Scale and the Portrait Values Questionnaire at baseline and at 3-months post-test. A multilevel regression model was carried out to test the effectiveness of the Gaia program on outcome measures, while a Half Longitudinal Structural Equation Mediation Model was conducted to test the mediating effects.

Results

We observed significant positive effects of the Gaia Program on the overall Psychological Well-being score, as well as on its dimensions of Self-Acceptance and Personal Growth. Among basic human values, only Self-enhancement was affected. Furthermore, we found that the Gaia Program positively influenced Self-transcendence value through Personal Growth (b = .055, Monte Carlo 95% CI .005; .129).

Conclusions

While Self-enhancement was the only value to benefit from the Gaia program, no significant results were found regarding the well-being dimensions that might serve as key processes in how mindfulness influences its development among adolescents.