Using Mindfulness to Support Children with Anxiety

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cityu.schoolSchool of Education and Leadership
cityu.siteVictoria
cityu.site.countryCanada
dc.contributor.authorShowers, Sondra
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-17T23:50:22Z
dc.date.available2021-08-17T23:50:22Z
dc.date.issued2021-06
dc.description.abstractAnxiety can adversely affect the education of elementary students. This past year, anxiety has risen to new heights among students, parents, and teachers because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This capstone examines the detrimental effects which anxiety can have on elementary school children. The literature review portion examines research undertaken in the past 10 years in how mindfulness breathing practices as well as art therapy activities such as colouring and drawing mandalas have shown promise in decreasing anxiety. Research into these areas is considered to be emerging, and researchers implore future studies to investigate a larger, more diverse population that is free of bias and use randomly-controlled trials. Teachers and counsellors can have a positive impact on their students' mental health by teaching mindfulness breathing techniques and colouring techniques to one student at a time, or whole classrooms. As the world struggles with the effects which the COVID pandemic has had on mental health due to loneliness, changed routines, and the fear of COVID, mindfulness and colouring represent easy, low-cost techniques which show promise in decreasing stress and anxiety.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/1468
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionCity University of Seattle (CityU)
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subjectanxiety
dc.subjectcovid-19
dc.subjectmindfulness
dc.subjectcoloring
dc.subjectmandala
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectcounselling
dc.titleUsing Mindfulness to Support Children with Anxiety
dc.typeCapstone
thesis.degree.disciplineSchool Counseling
thesis.degree.grantorCity University of Seattle
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Education
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