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Mindfulness training at school: A way to engage adolescents with sustainable consumption?
Sustainability (Basel, Switzerland), Vol.10(10), Art. 3557
2018
Abstract
A central challenge in research on education for sustainable consumption (ESC) is to develop new approaches to engage adolescents with sustainable consumption (SC) in a way that addresses not only the cognitive but also the socio-emotional and behavioral levels. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) that foster awareness, (self-)reflection, and ethical values could potentially leverage learning processes in ESC. The present study was the first one to investigate the potential effects of a consumption-specific MBI on sustainable consumption behavior (SCB) in the areas of nutrition and clothing. The eight-week long intervention was carried out with 15-year old adolescents (N = 85) directly at school. A randomized pre-post waitlist control group design with mixed methods was applied. The study revealed the strong effects of the adapted MBI on precursors of SCB and further effects not directly related to but potentially conducive for SCB. Actual behavioral effects were minor. Substantial inter-individual differences and inconsistencies between qualitative and quantitative results imply case-related effects that do not allow generalizable conclusions to be drawn. Nevertheless, the results of this pilot study indicate that combining mindfulness training with ESC formats appears to be a feasible and fruitful approach to engage adolescents with SC. Future practice and research should consider more diverse target groups, other consumption areas, and longer periods for interventions and their evaluation.
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- Title
- Mindfulness training at school: A way to engage adolescents with sustainable consumption?
- Authors/Creators
- Tina Boehme - Tech Univ Berlin, Div Econ Educ & Sustainable Consumpt, Marchstr 23, D-10587 Berlin, GermanyLaura S. Stanszus - Technische Universität BerlinSonja M. Geiger - Murdoch University, School of PsychologyDaniel Fischer - Leuphana University of LüneburgUlf Schrader - Technische Universität Berlin
- Publication Details
- Sustainability (Basel, Switzerland), Vol.10(10), Art. 3557
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Number of pages
- 22
- Grant note
- 01UT1416A; 01UT1416B / German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) in the project BiNKA (Education for Sustainable Consumption through Mindfulness Training); Federal Ministry of Education & Research (BMBF)
- Identifiers
- 991005570566907891
- Copyright
- © 2018 by the authors.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Psychology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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