Abstract

VIDAL, Egon Ralf Souza  and  LIMA, Thatiana Helena de. Effects of meditation on attention, executive functions and school performance. Aval. psicol. [online]. 2023, vol.22, n.1, pp.22-32.  Epub May 03, 2024. ISSN 1677-0471.  https://doi.org/10.15689/ap.2023.2201.20925.03.

This study aimed to identify the effects of meditation on children's attention, executive functions and school performance. A quasi-experimental, pre-test and post-test study with comparison group was performed. Participants were 44 elementary school children with a mean age of 10.84 years (SD=1.07), randomly organized into two groups: control (n=22) and experimental (n=22). The results indicated that there were no significant differences in the investigated variables between the evaluated groups, with the exception of executive functions. However, there was a difference for all variables in the intra-group comparison. It was concluded that the meditation proved to be effective for stimulating the investigated variables, emphasizing that additional research is needed to verify the effects of the mediation and moderation of these variables on school performance.

Keywords : Selective attention; inhibitory control; cognitive flexibility; school performance.

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