The Effect of School-Based Mindfulness on The Psychological Well-Being of Elementary School Senior Students: A Literature Study

Abstract

Many children of primary school age today face an increasingly high level of psychological pressure, which has an impact on their well-being. Children become more prone to anger, behavioral problems, depression, and anxiety as well as decreased self-esteem and confidence. Mindfulness interventions have been proven to help students have psychological well-being with positive emotions, positive perspectives and the ability to build positive relationships. School-based mindfulness interventions have been proven to affect children's psychological well-being, especially at the elementary school level. This study aims to analyze the literature on the influence of school-based mindfulness on the psychological well-being of large elementary school students. This research method uses literature studies, articles are obtained from online searches in several databases including sage publication, taylor and francis, wiley, and google scholar. The articles were selected in the 2016-2023 range. The search results obtained 219 selected articles, leaving 18 articles related to school-based mindfulness interventions to improve psychological wellbeing. Of the 18 articles, school-based mindfulness interventions were selected again, so that only 10 articles were left that met the criteria. The results of the literature review show that 1) school-based mindfulness interventions have proven to be effective in supporting elementary school students to have positive psychological well-being, more positive life development, quality of life, social functions in an effort to develop interpersonal relationships and more optimal functions of students at school. 2) Teachers can be involved in the delivery of interventions by being provided with training and mentoring 3) School-based mindfulness can be provided to students without interfering with the implementation of the school curriculum and can be implemented in line. 4) School-based mindfulness can be practiced according to the local school culture. Thus, school-based mindfulness interventions have significant results to improve the psychological well-being of large primary school students.