Integrating mindfulness with parent training

Effects of the mindfulness-enhanced strengthening families program

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ID9788541
AutoresJ Douglas Coatsworth (0000-0003-0306-2760, Colorado State University, autor correspondente), Larissa G Duncan (0000-0002-9690-0307, University of California, San Francisco), Robert L Nix (0000-0002-1345-1666, Pennsylvania State University), Mark T Greenberg (0000-0001-7189-5882, Pennsylvania State University), Jochebed G Gayles (0000-0001-8182-4826, Pennsylvania State University), Katharine T Bamberger (Pennsylvania State University), Elaine Berrena (Pennsylvania State University), Mary Ann Demi (Pennsylvania State University)
Ano2015
Volume51
Fascículo1
Páginas26-35
Data de publicação2015-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDevelopmental Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599
EditoraAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/a0038212
PMID25365122
PMCIDPMC4485922
OpenAlexW1976348101
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas47
Referências citadas19

There is growing support for the efficacy of mindfulness training with parents as an intervention technique to improve parenting skills and reduce risk for youth problem behaviors. The evidence, however, has been limited to small scale studies, many with methodological shortcomings. This study sought to integrate mindfulness training with parents into the Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10-14 (SFP 10-14), an empirically-validated family-based preventive intervention. It used a randomized-controlled comparative effectiveness study design (N = 432 families, 31% racial/ethnic minority) to test the efficacy of the Mindfulness-Enhanced Strengthening Families Program (MSFP), compared to standard SFP 10-14 and a minimal-treatment home study control condition. Results indicated that, in general, MSFP was as effective as SFP 10-14 in improving multiple dimensions of parenting, including interpersonal mindfulness in parenting, parent-youth relationship quality, youth behavior management, and parent well-being, according to both parent and youth reports at both postintervention and 1-year follow-up. This study also found that in some areas MSFP boosted and better sustained the effects of SFP 10-14, especially for fathers. Although the pattern of effects was not as uniform as hypothesized, this study provides intriguing evidence for the unique contribution of mindfulness activities to standard parent training

Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · Intervention (counseling · Mindfulness · Parent training · Positive parenting · Psychiatry · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Family and Disability Support Research · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions · Psychology