Observational studyJournal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43)2015
Can mindful parenting be observed? Relations between observational ratings of mother-youth interactions and mothers' self-report of mindful parenting.
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- From inner to dyadic connection: the role of mindfulness in mother-infant interaction during the first year of life.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2024Article
- The central role of mindful parenting in child's emotional regulation and human flourishing: a blueprint perspective.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Emotion Regulation, Coercive Parenting, and Child Adjustment: A Serial Mediation Clinical Trial.Clinical practice in pediatric psychology · 2022Article
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- Mindful parenting-A thematic exploration of narratives from Indian mothers.Frontiers in global women's health · 2022Article
- Who's Influencing Who? Adolescent Symptomatology and Caregiver Mindful Parenting.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2021Article
- The Longitudinal Influence of Caregiver Dispositional Mindful Attention on Mindful Parenting, Parenting Practices, and Youth Psychopathology.Mindfulness · 2021Article
- Does Mothers' Self-Reported Mindful Parenting Relate to the Observed Quality of Parenting Behavior and Mother-Child Interaction?Mindfulness · 2021Article
- The role of mindful parenting and children's weight in mothers' child-feeding practices.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2020Article
- Hostile interactions in the family: Patterns and links to youth externalizing problems.The Journal of early adolescence · 2020Article
- The Role of Mindful Parenting in Individual and Social Decision-Making in Children.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Do Less Mindful Mothers Show Better Parenting via Improvements in Trait Mindfulness Following a Military Parent Training Program?Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
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Research on mindful parenting, an extension of mindfulness to the interpersonal domain of parent-child relationships, has been limited by its reliance on self-report assessment. The current study is the first to examine whether observational indices of parent-youth interactions differentiate between high and low levels of self-reported mindful parenting. The Iowa Family Interaction Rating Scales (IFIRS) were used to code interactions between mothers and their 7th grade youth. Mothers drawn from the top and bottom quartiles (n = 375) of a larger distribution of self-reported interpersonal mindfulness in parenting (N = 804) represented clearly defined high- and low-mindful parenting groups. Discriminant function analysis (DFA) was used to analyze how well 6 composite IFIRS observational rating variables (e.g., parental warmth, consistent discipline) discriminated between high and low self-reports of mindful parenting. DFA results were cross-validated, with statistically significant canonical correlations found for both subsamples (p < .05). Subsequent independent samples t tests revealed that group means were significantly different on all 6 IFIRS composite ratings. Confirmation of the relations between self-report mindful parenting and the observational ratings was also provided through hierarchical regression analyses conducted with a continuous predictor of mindful parenting using the full sample. Thus, the present study provides preliminary evidence for a link between self-reported mindful parenting and observed interactions between parents and youth.
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