The impact of mindfulness meditation training on executive functions and emotion dysregulation in an Iranian sample of female adolescents with elevated attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms | Semantic Scholar (2024)

MBIs do prove to be an effective complementary treatment for reduction of the core ADHD symptoms and improvement of executive functioning (EF), and further research is needed to elucidate how these interventions improve social functioning and participation of children and youth with ADHD.

The results suggest that the MYmind program is a promising treatment for children with ADHD and their parents.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies published in PsycINFO, PubMed, and Google Scholar highlighted the possible benefits of mindfulness-based interventions for children with ADHD.

It is suggested that MBIs have a significant improvement relative to the control condition, and although some results show that symptoms are affected by age, interventions, and total time of moderators, while EF is not affected byAge and measurement, it needs to be supported by more research evidence.

Mind–body therapies, such as yoga or mindfulness, could be positive strategies to mitigate ADHD symptoms in children and adolescents, however, further research with high-quality designs, with randomization, greater sample sizes, and more intensive supervised practice programs are needed.

The findings show a beneficial effect of MBI on executive, behavioural and socio-emotional competencies in VPT young adolescents measured by parent questionnaires, and increased executive competencies were also observed on computerised task with enhanced speed of processing after MBI.

There is insufficient methodologically sound evidence to support meditation-based therapies for ADHD, and statistically significant effects on ADHD combined core symptoms are not found.

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Findings support preliminary treatment efficacy of mindfulness meditation for ADHD, executive functioning (EF), and emotion dysregulation symptoms in an adult ADHD sample, though require larger trials.

Mindfulness training is a feasible intervention in a subset of ADHD adults and adolescents and may improve behavioral and neurocognitive impairments.

Improvements in adolescent’ actual performance on attention tests were found and fathers, but not mothers, reported reduced parenting stress, whereas fathers reported an increase, and no effect on mindful awareness of adolescents or parents was found.

Preliminary evidence for the effectiveness of mindfulness for children with ADHD and their parents, as rated by parents is shows, in the absence of substantial effects on teacher-ratings, that effects are due to specific treatment procedures.

MAP enhanced sustained attention (ANT) and detectability (CPT II) and improved mood and QoL of patients and controls and is a complementary intervention that improves affect and attention of adults with ADHD and controls.

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