Bernadette Lensen

113 Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Elementary School Teachers: A Qualitative study Table 3. Overview of the Main and Subthemes Main themes Sub (sub)themes Effects on teachers personally Increased awareness in general Increased insight in patterns Decentring/disidentification from negative emotions Behavioural changes Increased self-compassion Personal consequences: Less psychological distress Fewer physical complaints Improved work-life balance More appreciation and joy Effects on teacher professionally More awareness during teaching More positive and understanding attitude towards pupils Increased emotion regulation More adaptive behaviour towards pupils Offering mindfulness-based interventions to pupils Effects on pupils Increased concentration More self-insight More expressing and naming of emotions More prosocial behaviour towards classmates Improved classroom climate 6

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