title: The Effects of Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Children's Attention Regulation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article describes results from a randomized clinical trial of a mindfulness-based intervention for parents and children, Mindful Family Stress Reduction, on a behavioral measure of attention in youths, the Attention Network Task (ANT).
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-one parent-child dyads were randomly assigned to either the mindfulness-based intervention condition or a wait-list control. School-age youths completed the ANT before and after the intervention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results demonstrate significant, medium-size ( f2= -.16) intervention effects to the conflict monitoring subsystem of the ANT such that those in the intervention condition decreased in conflict monitoring more than those in the wait-list control. Youths in the intervention condition also showed improvements in their orienting subsystem scores, compared with controls.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mindfulness-based interventions for youths have potential utility to improve attentional self-regulation, and future research should consider incorporating measures of attention into interventions that use mindfulness training.
authors.affiliation: 1 Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.|2 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.
authors.forename: Joshua C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Felver
authors.affiliation: 2 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.
authors.forename: Jessica M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tipsord
authors.affiliation: 2 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.|3 Portland State University, OR, USA.
authors.forename: Maxwell J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.affiliation: 2 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.
authors.forename: Kristina Hiatt
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Racer
authors.affiliation: 2 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.|4 Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Dishion
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D064866:Mindfulness / Q000379:methods*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D000068356:Self-Control; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology
keywords: Attention Network Test; Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction; children; family; mindfulness; randomized controlled trial