Mindful Parenting and Emotion Socialization Practices: Concurrent and Longitudinal Associations

McKee, Laura G.; Parent, Justin; Zachary, Chloe; Forehand, Rex

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“…Specifically, positive parenting was directly related to decreases in children's internalizing and externalizing behaviors, whereas negative parenting was directly related to increases in children's behaviors. These results were consistent with Western findings (Jones et al 2008;McKee et al 2018). In addition, the association between negative parenting practices and increased child behaviors suggests that hostile (i.e., overcontrolling), harsh (i.e., yelling and threatening), and the use of physical control (i.e., physical discipline) may have more implications for externalizing behaviors.…”

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Parent Mindfulness, Parenting, and Child Psychopathology in China

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Objectives Considering the Western-Eastern cultural differences in parenting practices, as well as the relative paucity of research on the use of mindfulness-based programs by Chinese parents, we replicated a recently proposed Western model of mindfulness. The purpose of this study was to test the direct and indirect relations between parents' dispositional mindfulness, mindful parenting, parenting practices, and child internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Method A total of 2237 Chinses parents (M = 38.46, SD = 4.43) of 6-to 12-year-old children participated in the current study. Results The results showed that parents' dispositional mindfulness was indirectly associated with child internalizing and externalizing behaviors through mindful parenting and positive parenting practices, whereas this pathway was not significant through negative parenting practices. In addition, mothers and fathers demonstrated almost equal effects on direct and indirect pathways except that mothers showed stronger effects on the relationships between dispositional mindfulness and mindful parenting, as well as on the link between negative parenting practices and child externalizing behaviors. Conclusions These findings contribute to a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying how mindfulness and parenting associated with child internalizing and externalizing behaviors, and have important implications for research on interventions aimed at promoting children's psychological well-being. Keywords Mindfulness. Mindful parenting. Internalizing problems. Externalizing problems Mindfulness refers to Bthe awareness that emerges through paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally to the unfolding of experience moment by moment^(Kabat-Zinn 2003, p. 145). Research has highlighted a number of benefits associated with increased mindfulness, including reduced depression and anxiety symptoms

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“…Parents can play an important role in the development of their children’s self-compassion skills ( Moreira et al, 2018 ). Through a mindful parenting approach, parents encourage the non-judgmental acceptance of difficult emotional states and foster the use of adaptive strategies of emotion regulation, leading to better adjusted psychological outcomes ( Townshend et al, 2016 ; McKee et al, 2017 ). Mindful parenting is a parenting style characterized by intentionally bringing mindful awareness to everyday parent-child interactions ( Kabat-Zinn and Kabat-Zinn, 1997 ; Bögels and Restifo, 2015 ) through the following important parenting practices or skills: directing complete attention to the child and being fully present during parent–child interactions; adopting an attitude of compassion, sensitivity, and responsiveness toward the child; adopting an attitude of non-judgmental acceptance of the self as a parent and of the challenges of parenting; self-regulating parents’ own emotions and behaviors in the parent–child relationship in accordance with parenting values and goals; and developing emotional awareness of the self and the child ( de Bruin et al, 2014 ; Moreira and Canavarro, 2017b ).…”

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Is Mindful Parenting Associated With Adolescents’ Emotional Eating? The Mediating Role of Adolescents’ Self-Compassion and Body Shame

2018

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This study aimed to explore whether parents’ mindful parenting skills were associated with adolescents’ emotional eating through adolescents’ levels of self-compassion and body shame. The sample included 572 dyads composed of a mother or a father and his/her child (12–18 years old), with normal weight (BMI = 5–85th percentile) or with overweight/obesity with or without nutritional treatment (BMI ≥ 85th percentile) according to the WHO Child Growth Standards. Parents completed self-report measures of mindful parenting (Interpersonal Mindfulness in Parenting Scale), and adolescents completed measures of self-compassion (Self-Compassion Scale-Short Form), body shame (Experience of Shame Scale), and emotional eating (Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire). Two path models, one with the total score for mindful parenting and the other with its dimensions, were tested in AMOS. Mindful parenting, specifically the dimension of compassion for the child, was indirectly associated with emotional eating through adolescents’ self-compassion (point estimate = −0.27, p = 0.03, CI 95% [−0.61, −0.06]) and through self-compassion and body shame sequentially (point estimate = −0.19, p = 0.03, CI 95% [−0.37, −0.05]). The path model was invariant across weight groups but not across adolescents’ sex (the indirect effects were significant among girls only). This study provides a novel comprehensive model of how mindful parenting, especially the dimension of compassion for the child, can be associated with adolescents’ emotional eating behaviors by suggesting a potential sequence of mechanisms that may explain this association. This study suggests the beneficial effect of both mindful parenting and adolescents’ self-compassion skills for adolescent girls struggling with feelings of body shame and emotional eating behaviors.

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“…Bringing an awareness of emotions to parenting interactions can help mothers respond with conscious choices instead of reacting automatically and letting emotions undermine parenting practices and goals (Duncan et al, ). Socioemotional awareness may also enhance a mother's accuracy in interpreting and responding to an adolescent's needs, behavior, and emotional state, leading to more constructive problem‐solving and interaction (McKee, Parent, Zachary, & Forehand, ).…”

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Exploring the Role of Practical Wisdom in Addressing Adolescent Childrearing Dilemmas

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Objective To explore whether practical wisdom may provide a useful lens for understanding how mothers can address difficult childrearing problems more effectively when raising adolescents. Background One of the major difficulties of raising adolescents is that there are no clear‐cut responses or universal solutions to many of the problems that regularly arise. Parents are expected to make responsible decisions about complex, indefinite problems even though they may lack a thorough understanding of the situation and have little formal training in childrearing. Practical wisdom—the ability to make sound, ethical judgments and decisions about difficult and uncertain problems—may be a valuable asset for addressing such challenges. Method Thirty mothers of adolescents (12–17 years of age) were asked to reason aloud about how they would respond to a series of hypothetical childrearing dilemmas. Results Guided by prior work on practical wisdom, our qualitative analysis identified a complex combination of eight interrelated parenting wisdom strategies: Compassion for Self and Child, Integrative Thinking, Parenting Knowledge, Perspective‐Taking, Problem‐Framing, Purpose Identification, Reflection, and Socioemotional Awareness. Conclusion The findings provide evidence that mothers sometimes use a process that has been historically conceptualized as practical wisdom and offer insight into what some of these practices entail. Implications The identification of these wise problem‐solving strategies highlight an important overlooked aspect of childrearing and hold promise as a valuable asset for helping mothers address difficult parenting problems.

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Mindful Parenting and Emotion Socialization Practices: Concurrent and Longitudinal Associations

Cited by 44 publications

References 62 publications

Parent Mindfulness, Parenting, and Child Psychopathology in China

Parent Mindfulness, Parenting, and Child Psychopathology in China

Is Mindful Parenting Associated With Adolescents’ Emotional Eating? The Mediating Role of Adolescents’ Self-Compassion and Body Shame

Exploring the Role of Practical Wisdom in Addressing Adolescent Childrearing Dilemmas

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