ArticleMindfulness2021
Affective Neural Mechanisms of a Parenting-Focused Mindfulness Intervention.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Meta-analytic evidence that mindfulness training alters resting state default mode network connectivity.Scientific reports · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of parenting interventions on child and caregiver cortisol levels: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2020Pooled it
- The impact of mindfulness on working memory-related brain activation in breast cancer survivors with cognitive complaints.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Trial
- Maternal Neuroplasticity: Understanding Brain Changes with Perinatal Depression and Anxiety in Women.Current psychiatry reports · 2026Review
- Brain resting state functional connectivity changes with aerobic exercise, and mindfulness: A narrative review.Sports medicine and health science · 2026Review
- Are juvenile offenders psychologically different from juvenile criminals? A preliminary investigation.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Parental Reflective Capacities: A Scoping Review of Mindful Parenting and Parental Reflective Functioning.Mindfulness · 2024Article
- Linking observing and nonreactivity mindfulness to parenting: Moderated direct and indirect effects via inhibitory control.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2024Article
- Three potential neurovascular pathways driving the benefits of mindfulness meditation for older adults.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2023Review
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Abstract
objectivesBehavioral evidence suggests that parenting-focused mindfulness interventions can improve parenting practices and enhance family wellbeing, potentially operating through altered emotional processing in parents. However, the mechanisms through which parent mindfulness interventions achieve their positive benefits have not yet been empirically tested, knowledge which is key to refine and maximize intervention effects. Thus, as part of a randomized controlled trial, the present study examined the affective mechanisms of an 8-week parenting-focused mindfulness intervention, the Parenting Mindfully (PM) intervention, versus a minimal-intervention parent education control.
methodsTwenty highly stressed mothers of adolescents completed pre- and post-intervention behavioral and fMRI sessions, in which mothers completed a parent-adolescent conflict interaction, fMRI emotion task, and fMRI resting state scan. Mothers reported on their mindful parenting, and maternal emotional reactivity to the parent-adolescent conflict task was assessed via observed emotion expression, self-reported negative emotion, and salivary cortisol reactivity.
resultsResults indicated that the PM intervention increased brain responsivity in left posterior insula in response to negative affective stimuli, and altered resting state functional connectivity in regions involved in self-reference, behavioral regulation, and social-emotional processing. Changes in mothers' brain function and connectivity were associated with increased mindful parenting and decreased emotional reactivity to the parent-adolescent conflict task.
conclusionsFindings suggest that mindfulness-based changes in maternal emotional awareness at the neurobiological level are associated with decreased emotional reactivity in parenting interactions, illuminating potential neurobiological targets for future parent-focused intervention.
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