Mindful parenting mediated the longitudinal relation between mothers' depressive symptoms and child adjustment

IF 1.8 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations Pub Date : 2025-03-04 DOI:10.1111/fare.13161

Rebecca Y. M. Cheung, Lixin Ren, Courtney Boise, Xiaoqian Yao, Mu Wang

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Abstract

Objectives

This longitudinal study examined mindful parenting as a mediator between maternal depressive symptoms and child adjustment outcomes, including internalizing problems, externalizing problems, and prosocial behavior.

Background

Maternal depressive symptoms are associated with an increased risk for child psychopathology, highlighting the importance of elucidating explanatory processes.

Methods

Participants included 141 Chinese mothers across three time points over the course of a year, with a 6-month interval between time points. Upon informed consent, participating mothers completed a self-report questionnaire that assessed the study variables.

Results

Mindful parenting longitudinally mediated the relation between maternal depressive symptoms and child adjustment, including externalizing problems and prosocial behavior, over and above baseline mindful parenting and child adjustment. Specifically, maternal depressive symptoms negatively predicted mindful parenting. Mindful parenting further predicted children's externalizing problems and prosocial behavior but not internalizing problems.

Conclusion

The present findings suggested the importance of mindful parenting as a process between mothers' depressive symptoms and child adjustment.

Implications

In the face of maternal depressive symptoms, interventions targeting to promote mindful parenting may be helpful in fostering child adjustment.

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正念教养在母亲抑郁症状与儿童适应的纵向关系中起中介作用

目的：本纵向研究考察了正念育儿在母亲抑郁症状和儿童适应结果（包括内化问题、外化问题和亲社会行为）之间的中介作用。背景：母亲抑郁症状与儿童精神病理的风险增加有关，强调了阐明解释过程的重要性。方法参与者包括141名中国母亲，在一年的时间里，在三个时间点之间间隔6个月。在知情同意后，参与研究的母亲完成了一份评估研究变量的自我报告问卷。结果正念教养在纵向上介导了母亲抑郁症状与儿童适应的关系，包括外化问题和亲社会行为，以及高于基线的正念教养与儿童适应的关系。具体来说，母亲抑郁症状负向预测正念育儿。正念育儿进一步预测了孩子的外化问题和亲社会行为，但没有预测内化问题。结论正念教养在母亲抑郁症状与儿童适应之间起着重要作用。面对母亲抑郁症状，以促进正念育儿为目标的干预措施可能有助于促进儿童适应。

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Family Relations Multiple-

CiteScore

3.40

自引率

13.60%

发文量

164

期刊介绍： A premier, applied journal of family studies, Family Relations is mandatory reading for family scholars and all professionals who work with families, including: family practitioners, educators, marriage and family therapists, researchers, and social policy specialists. The journal"s content emphasizes family research with implications for intervention, education, and public policy, always publishing original, innovative and interdisciplinary works with specific recommendations for practice.