Peer-reviewed article
Enhanced Well-Being Through Mindfulness: Supporting the Gifted Adolescent Journey
Michele Kane ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-sonnet-5-5This article looks at the emotional and mental health challenges of adolescence, with a focus on gifted and talented teenagers who are sensitive, intense and altruistic. It describes how changes in the teenage brain and in physical maturity add to these challenges. The authors argue that regular mindfulness practice can support social and emotional well-being in gifted teens. They also discuss mindfulness practices for calm and peace and recommend apps for centering.
Key points
- Adolescence involves four major changes in brain circuitry that affect thinking, feeling, decision-making and interacting.
- Gifted and talented adolescents are described as sensitive, intense and altruistic.
- Mindfulness and other contemplative practices are described as having evidence-based support for improving well-being in adolescents.
- For gifted teens, regular mindfulness practice can generate an enhanced sense of social and emotional mental health.
- Practices that lead to calm and peace are discussed, along with recommended apps for centering.
Limitations
Only a short abstract is available, so it gives no study data, methods, sample or country, and the claims about mindfulness cannot be checked. It appears to be a discussion or guidance piece, not an evaluation of a specific intervention.
Abstract
Adolescence is a developmental journey that is both exhilarating and exhausting, especially for those gifted and talented youngsters who are sensitive, intense, and altruistic. This combines with four major changes in brain circuitry that lead to shifts in thinking, feeling, decision-making, and interacting in the teenage mind. In addition, physical maturation complicates the process with additional challenges. Mindfulness and other contemplative practices continue to find evidence-based, effective support for improving and fostering well-being in adolescents. For gifted teens, whose asynchony provides qualitatively different life experiences, beginning regular mindfulness practices can generate an enhanced sense of social and emotional mental health. Mindfulness practices that are pathways to calm and peace are discussed along with recommended apps for centering.