Matthew J Hirshberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 1905221 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew J Hirshberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew J |
| FAMILY NAME | Hirshberg |
| SIGNATURE | HIRSHBERG M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9070-1270 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Sitting and Active Meditation Practice
From Practice to Policy
Mindfulness training enhances students’ executive functioning and social emotional skills
More research is needed to understand the effects of school-based mindfulness programs in the years before adolescence, which represent a critical juncture and transitional period of development. The present study investigated mindfulness with elementary school students using random assignment and objective measures. The sample included 292 5 th graders from 21 classrooms randomly assigned to an 8-week mindfulness training or wait-list control gr…
Mindfulness and connection training during preservice teacher education reduces early career teacher attrition 4 years later
Educators Are Not Alright
Educator mental health sits at the intersection of multiple pressing educational issues. We are among the first to provide estimates of school system employee (SSE) stress, anxiety, and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most participants reported clinically meaningful anxiety and depressive symptoms (77.96% and 53.65%, respectively). Being in the lowest strata of family income was associated with higher stress, a greater likelihood of clin…
Insights into the accuracy of social scientists' forecasts of societal change
Integrating mindfulness and connection practices into preservice teacher education results in durable automatic race bias reductions
A randomized controlled trial of a smartphone-based well-being training in public school system employees during the Covid-19 pandemic
s<.031 corrected except mindful action at follow-up). We found no evidence for elevated adverse events and the HMP was equally effective among participants with elevated baseline anxiety and depressive symptoms. These data suggest that the HMP may be an effective and scalable approach to supporting the mental health and well-being of teachers and other school system employees, with implications for employee retention and performance, and student …
Brief breath awareness training yields poorer working memory performance in the context of acute stress
Mindfulness-based interventions that span multiple sessions over time appear to confer psychological benefits. However, the effects of brief periods of mindfulness meditation training are less clear, particularly on measures of cognitive functioning. This study assessed whether brief mindfulness practice (breath awareness) or training in two other contemplative practices – loving-kindness and gratitude – differentially impact working memory perfo…
Examining group forgiveness
What is group forgiveness and can it be measured in an unambiguous way? Recently, scientists have begun to consider the role group forgiveness may play in reducing conflict and enhancing prospects for peace among groups. The forgiveness construct has been, until very recently, primarily operationalized as an individual phenomenon. Increasingly, it is being mapped onto groups. These initial attempts either conflate individual and group capacities …
Educators Are Not Alright
Educator mental health sits at the intersection of multiple pressing educational issues. We are among the first to provide estimates of school system employee (SSE) stress, anxiety, and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most participants reported clinically meaningful anxiety and depressive symptoms (77.96% and 53.65%, respectively). Being in the lowest strata of family income was associated with higher stress, a greater likelihood of clin…
Insights into the accuracy of social scientists' forecasts of societal change
Examining group forgiveness
What is group forgiveness and can it be measured in an unambiguous way? Recently, scientists have begun to consider the role group forgiveness may play in reducing conflict and enhancing prospects for peace among groups. The forgiveness construct has been, until very recently, primarily operationalized as an individual phenomenon. Increasingly, it is being mapped onto groups. These initial attempts either conflate individual and group capacities …
Examining group forgiveness
What is group forgiveness and can it be measured in an unambiguous way? Recently, scientists have begun to consider the role group forgiveness may play in reducing conflict and enhancing prospects for peace among groups. The forgiveness construct has been, until very recently, primarily operationalized as an individual phenomenon. Increasingly, it is being mapped onto groups. These initial attempts either conflate individual and group capacities …
Brief breath awareness training yields poorer working memory performance in the context of acute stress
Mindfulness-based interventions that span multiple sessions over time appear to confer psychological benefits. However, the effects of brief periods of mindfulness meditation training are less clear, particularly on measures of cognitive functioning. This study assessed whether brief mindfulness practice (breath awareness) or training in two other contemplative practices – loving-kindness and gratitude – differentially impact working memory perfo…
Integrating mindfulness and connection practices into preservice teacher education results in durable automatic race bias reductions
A randomized controlled trial of a smartphone-based well-being training in public school system employees during the Covid-19 pandemic
s<.031 corrected except mindful action at follow-up). We found no evidence for elevated adverse events and the HMP was equally effective among participants with elevated baseline anxiety and depressive symptoms. These data suggest that the HMP may be an effective and scalable approach to supporting the mental health and well-being of teachers and other school system employees, with implications for employee retention and performance, and student …
Educators Are Not Alright
Educator mental health sits at the intersection of multiple pressing educational issues. We are among the first to provide estimates of school system employee (SSE) stress, anxiety, and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most participants reported clinically meaningful anxiety and depressive symptoms (77.96% and 53.65%, respectively). Being in the lowest strata of family income was associated with higher stress, a greater likelihood of clin…
Insights into the accuracy of social scientists' forecasts of societal change
Mindfulness and connection training during preservice teacher education reduces early career teacher attrition 4 years later
Mindfulness training enhances students’ executive functioning and social emotional skills
More research is needed to understand the effects of school-based mindfulness programs in the years before adolescence, which represent a critical juncture and transitional period of development. The present study investigated mindfulness with elementary school students using random assignment and objective measures. The sample included 292 5 th graders from 21 classrooms randomly assigned to an 8-week mindfulness training or wait-list control gr…
Sitting and Active Meditation Practice
From Practice to Policy
Psychology (8 works) · Mindfulness (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (3 works) · Meditation (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Anxiety (2 works)