{
  "id": 1920963,
  "title": "Teen girls facing the most adversity showed the biggest gains in social connection after breathwork course",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/teen-girls-facing-the-most-adversity-showed-the-biggest-gains-in",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-19T11:20:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-teen-girls-adversity-biggest-gains.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A UCLA study published in the Journal of Research on Adolescence reveals that teenage girls who have experienced significant childhood trauma show greater improvements in social connectedness after participating in a breathwork course. The trial randomly assigned two Southern California high schools to receive the SKY Schools program, which combines social-emotional learning with Sudarshan Kriya Yoga, a breathing technique designed to regulate stress responses. Among the 174 female participants, those who had endured four or more adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) saw a 7% increase in social connectedness. This improvement was significantly larger compared to girls in the low-ACE intervention group or those in the high-ACE and low-ACE waiting-list groups. The study's senior author, Dara Ghahremani, emphasizes that the findings suggest a simple, scalable approach that can help girls who have already faced substantial adversity feel more connected and develop a greater sense of belonging.",
  "summary": "School-based mental health programs face a persistent problem: The students who need help most often benefit least. A new UCLA study found the reverse. Among teenage girls in a program combining structured breathing techniques with social-emotional learning, those who had experienced the highest levels of childhood trauma showed the largest gains in social connectedness, according to findings…",
  "key_points": [
    "Teenage girls with ≥4 ACEs showed 7% increase in social connectedness",
    "Breathwork course combined SEL with Sudarshan Kriya Yoga technique",
    "Study suggests simple, scalable approach to help trauma-exposed girls"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}