Mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention for elementary school teachers: a mixed method study

Table 1 Planning of measurements

Study period: June 2019 to August 2022
Enrolment 3 consecutive school years June 2019–August 2021	Baseline assessment	Post-treatment assessment	3 months’ follow-up assessment	End of school year
Cohort 1 Cohort 2 Cohort 3	Sept 2019 Sept 2020 Sept 2021	Nov 2019 Nov 2020 Nov 2021	March 2020 March 2021 March 2022	July 2020 July 2021 July 2022
Variable
Primary:
Perceived Stress	x	x	x
Secondary:
Absenteeism	x			x
Mental Health	x	x	x
Teacher skills	x	x	x
Pupil-teacher relationship	x	x	x
Possible mediators:
Self-compassion	x	x	x
Mindfulness skills	x	x	x
Emotion regulation skills	x	x	x

ISSN: 1745-6215