Keep Calm and Carry On: Immediate- vs. Six-Month Effects of Mindfulness Training on Academic Performance

Lea Cassar, Mira Fischer and Vanessa Valero

No 17675, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: Mindfulness practices are gaining popularity in private and public organizations. In a randomized controlled trial, we examine whether mindfulness training improves the academic performance of university students. The intervention improves mental health and non-cognitive skills. However, it takes time before students' performance can benefit from the training: we find that, if anything, the intervention marginally decreases average grades right after the end of the intervention, whereas it significantly increases academic performance, by about 0.4 standard deviations, six months after.

Keywords: Field; experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C93 I12 I21 I31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-11
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