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'Our mind could be our biggest challenge': A qualitative analysis of urban adolescents' sleep experiences and opportunities for mind-body integrative health approaches to improve sleep

Maier, M.C., Scharf, J.Y., Gold, M.A. · PEC Innovation · 2023

Review👥 25 participantsPreliminary✓ Source-checked📍 United States
In plain English. This is a qualitative study, not a tapping trial: researchers ran focus groups with 25 urban teenagers about their sleep struggles and their reactions to a menu of mind-body techniques, tapping among them. The teens described real barriers to sleep and generally responded well to the idea of trying techniques like tapping, especially audio-guided ones. It's included here because it shows tapping being explored as a candidate intervention for adolescent sleep, not because it measured any sleep outcome from tapping itself.

What they found

25
people took part

Eight focus groups with 25 adolescents (64% female, 60% Latino, 40% Black) explored sleep barriers and perceptions of mind-body techniques including tapping; participants viewed these techniques positively and were intrigued by less-familiar ones like tapping and acupressure.

How the study worked

Who took parturban adolescents (ages 14-17) at school-based health centers (n=25)
What they didThis is a review or commentary synthesizing existing work rather than reporting a new trial.

The full record

DesignReview
Participants25 people
Populationurban adolescents (ages 14-17) at school-based health centers
JournalPEC Innovation
Year2023
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
MethodEFT / tapping
Publication typeReview or meta-analysis
Verification✓ Confirmed against the primary source

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Maier, M.C., Scharf, J.Y., & Gold, M.A. (2023). 'Our mind could be our biggest challenge': A qualitative analysis of urban adolescents' sleep experiences and opportunities for mind-body integrative health approaches to improve sleep. PEC Innovation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecinn.2023.100130

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THE TAPPING EVIDENCE BASE Sleep & Insomnia 25 participants WHAT THEY FOUND Eight focus groups with 25 adolescents (64%female, 60% Latino, 40% Black) exploredsleep barriers and perceptions of… Review · 25 participants Maier · 2023 · evidence.thetappingsolution.com