Maternal Decentering and Child Maladjustment: A Mediated Maternal Psychological Distress and Parenting Model
Yasuo Murayama,
Aiko Ohya
Abstract:Negative parenting, which exacerbates children’s maladjustment, could result from poor mental health in parents. Therefore, factors that improve parental mental health may also facilitate positive parenting. One such factor is decentering (i.e., the capacity to observe internal experiences as passing mental phenomena that do not reflect self or reality). However, little research has examined the indirect association between parental decentering and children’s maladjustment. This cross-sectional study investiga… Show more
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