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Parental Social Validity of the Mindfulness-Based OpenMind-Korea (OM-K) Preschool Program

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Abstract

Objectives

There is a dearth of studies on the social validity of mindfulness-based school programs because the primary emphasis has been on effectiveness or efficacy of the programs in terms of academic engagement and performance, and classroom behavior of the students. The aim of the present study was to assess secondary outcomes of a mindfulness-based preschool program in terms of parental social validity.

Methods

Forty parents whose children were in a larger study that evaluated the feasibility and acceptability of the OpenMind-Korea (OM-K) preschool program participated. At the end of the school year, these parents completed a 7-item social validity rating scale on the social significance of the OM-K program.

Results

The majority of the parents rated the OM-K program as being socially valid. They noted that their children learned skills that they could use both at home and in the preschool, and that they would recommend this program to other parents. The parents rated the program as simple to use, acceptable, effective, and without unintended adverse effects.

Conclusions

Overall mean parent ratings of the social validity of the OM-K program were high and congruent with overall mean teacher feasibility and acceptability ratings.

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Author Contributions

E.K. designed and executed the study, analyzed the data, and wrote the paper; M.M.J., S.J., J.O., and C.L.M. contributed to the writing and revision of the paper; S.K. provided research support; and N.N.S. collaborated in all phases of the study.

Funding

Preparation of this research was supported by a National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant (NRF-2010-361- A00008) funded by the Korean Government (MEST).

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  1. Institute of Mind Humanities, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea

    Eunjin Kim, Seong-Hun Jo, Jisun Oh & Shi-Yong Ko

  2. Little Lotus Therapy and Consulting, Port St. Lucie, Florida, USA

    Monica M. Jackman

  3. McPherson Therapy and Consulting, Greenville, Kentucky, USA

    Carrie L. McPherson

  4. Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA

    Nirbhay N. Singh

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MMJ is the developer of the OM program. The remaining authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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The Institutional Review Board at Wonkwang University provided ethical approval for the research component of the OM-K program. All procedures performed in this study were in accordance with the ethical standards of the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

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Kim, E., Jackman, M.M., Jo, SH. et al. Parental Social Validity of the Mindfulness-Based OpenMind-Korea (OM-K) Preschool Program. J Child Fam Stud 28, 2922–2926 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-019-01516-3

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