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Article: Mindfulness and academic performance: An example of migrant children in China
Title | Mindfulness and academic performance: An example of migrant children in China |
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Keywords | Academic performance China Education Executive function Migrant children Mindfulness |
Issue Date | 2017 |
Citation | Children and Youth Services Review, 2017, v. 82, p. 53-59 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Mindfulness emphasizes the awareness of the “here-and-now.” Studies in the recent decade have found that mindfulness can affect positive change in child and adolescent school performance. As an emerging field, however, the mechanisms and effects of mindfulness practice on academic performance for children in devel- oping countries have not been elaborated sufficiently in previous studies. Using China as an example context, this paper examines the relationship between mindfulness practice and academic performance of migrant children, and explores the role of executive function in this relationship. Through a survey with 219 fifth-graders in two migrant schools in Beijing, this study validates the positive association between mindfulness, executive function, and better school grades in Chinese, math, and English tests. Additionally, this study adds empirical evidence to the roles of mindfulness in child development, and also sheds light on the pathway through which mindfulness positively correlates with academic performance. These findings provide implications for addressing child academic challenges and conducting further research among migrant children in China and beyond. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/262387 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Lu, S | - |
dc.contributor.author | Huang, C-C | - |
dc.contributor.author | Rios, J. A | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-28T04:58:28Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-09-28T04:58:28Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Children and Youth Services Review, 2017, v. 82, p. 53-59 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/262387 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Mindfulness emphasizes the awareness of the “here-and-now.” Studies in the recent decade have found that mindfulness can affect positive change in child and adolescent school performance. As an emerging field, however, the mechanisms and effects of mindfulness practice on academic performance for children in devel- oping countries have not been elaborated sufficiently in previous studies. Using China as an example context, this paper examines the relationship between mindfulness practice and academic performance of migrant children, and explores the role of executive function in this relationship. Through a survey with 219 fifth-graders in two migrant schools in Beijing, this study validates the positive association between mindfulness, executive function, and better school grades in Chinese, math, and English tests. Additionally, this study adds empirical evidence to the roles of mindfulness in child development, and also sheds light on the pathway through which mindfulness positively correlates with academic performance. These findings provide implications for addressing child academic challenges and conducting further research among migrant children in China and beyond. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Children and Youth Services Review | - |
dc.subject | Academic performance | - |
dc.subject | China | - |
dc.subject | Education | - |
dc.subject | Executive function | - |
dc.subject | Migrant children | - |
dc.subject | Mindfulness | - |
dc.title | Mindfulness and academic performance: An example of migrant children in China | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Lu, S: shuanglu@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Lu, S=rp02309 | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.09.008 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85033697492 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 293053 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 82 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 53 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 59 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000417964300006 | - |