Overview

The main objective of this project is to conduct a multi-cohort study to determine whether mindfulness practices of breathing and meditation have a beneficial impact on the stress physiology of underlying externalizing behaviors among low-income, largely minority adolescents relative to health-education programming. The study will offer insights into how mindful yoga may impact processes underlying emotion regulation in a very high-need population. Knowledge generated has significance for tailoring interventions to scale rapidly and in a cost-efficient way, thereby increasing access to effective mindfulness-based interventions to improve regulatory problems in youth.

Research Team

Jacinda K. Dariotis, Ph.D., MAS, Sub-award Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator; Professor, Director, and Endowed Chair
Dana Eldreth, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate; Human Development and Family Studies; Family Resiliency Center; and College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Diana Fishbein, Ph.D., MPI; Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State University
Tamar Mendelson, Ph.D., MPI; Professor, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health; Director, Center for Adolescent Health
Emma Jane Rose, Ph.D., Co-investigator; Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University

Contact:
Jacinda K. Dariotis
217-244-6486
dariotis@illinois.edu

Funding

This work was supported by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (grant number: R61AT009856; MPIs: Fishbein, Mendelson). The opinions and conclusions expressed are solely the authors’ and should not be construed as representing the opinions of NIH or any agency of the Federal Government. NIH did not have a role in study design; data collection, analysis, and interpretation; writing or submission for publication.