Background

Although mindfulness and yoga interventions for youth continue to gain support, few studies have proposed a systematic way to study the implementation and fidelity of these approaches.

Objective

The current study developed and tested the feasibility of measurement procedures for a yoga and mindfulness curriculum implemented in schools through a community partnership. This was accomplished in two studies.

Method

In study 1 we created and analyzed the psychometric properties of a fidelity observation tool using data from 165 observations of students receiving a district-wide school yoga and mindfulness intervention. The findings were subsequently refined and implemented to collect 91 additional observations in study 2.

Results

In study 1, a principle components analysis revealed a 3-factor solution across items, with 10 of 17 items reliably rated but only 4 of those 10 items rated as satisfactory or better fidelity. The fidelity observation tool was then revised and implemented in study 2, with 13 of 17 items reliably rated and 5 meeting satisfactory or better fidelity.

Conclusions

The findings from both studies indicated that yoga and mindfulness interventions for youth can be feasibly implemented and reliably measured within school settings, although there were some limitations in measuring both the content and process of such interventions.

中文翻译：

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测量针对青少年的校本瑜伽和正念课程的保真度：跨学科可行性研究

背景

尽管针对青少年的正念和瑜伽干预继续获得支持，但很少有研究提出系统的方法来研究这些方法的实施和忠实度。

目的

当前的研究开发并测试了通过社区合作伙伴关系在学校实施的瑜伽和正念课程的测量程序的可行性。这是通过两项研究完成的。

方法

在研究1中，我们使用165个学生在全区范围内接受瑜伽和正念干预的观察结果中的数据，创建并分析了逼真度观察工具的心理测量特性。随后完善并实施了研究结果，以收集研究2中的91个其他观察结果。

结果

在研究1中，主成分分析显示了三项解决方案适用于所有项目，在17个项目中有10个得到了可靠评级，而在这10个项目中只有4个被评为满意或更佳保真度。然后，在研究2中修订并实施了逼真度观察工具，对17个项目中的13个进行了可靠评级，其中5个达到了令人满意或更高的逼真度。

结论

两项研究的结果均表明，在学校环境中可以切实可行地实施针对青少年的瑜伽和正念干预措施，并对其进行可靠的衡量，尽管在衡量此类干预措施的内容和过程方面存在一定的局限性。