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Mindful Parenting and Emotion Socialization Practices: Concurrent and Longitudinal Associations
Laura G McKee1, Justin Parent2, Chloe R Zachary3
1Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
Family Process
|November 2, 2017
Summary
Mindful parenting is linked to better emotion socialization (ES) strategies in children. Parents practicing mindfulness use more supportive and fewer nonsupportive ES strategies, benefiting youth social and emotional health.
Area of Science:
- Child Development
- Psychology
- Parenting Studies
Background:
- Caregivers significantly influence youth emotion understanding, competence, and regulation, crucial for social-emotional health.
- Parental factors like mindful parenting are less understood in relation to specific emotion socialization (ES) strategies.
- Emotion socialization strategies impact youth emotional and behavioral outcomes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between mindful parenting and supportive/nonsupportive ES strategies.
- To test a model of these relationships in parents of children aged 3-12.
- To explore potential gender differences in these associations.
Main Methods:
- A community sample of 246 parents (63.8% mothers) reported on mindful parenting and ES strategies.
- Data were collected at two time points, 4 months apart.
- Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data.
Main Results:
- Higher mindful parenting positively correlated with supportive ES strategies and negatively with nonsupportive ES strategies, both concurrently and longitudinally.
- The longitudinal link between mindful parenting and nonsupportive ES was slightly stronger for fathers than mothers.
- Mindful parenting predicted both current and future ES strategies.
Conclusions:
- Mindful parenting is a significant factor in parental emotion socialization.
- Interventions focusing on mindful parenting may enhance supportive ES and reduce nonsupportive ES.
- This approach can contribute to a healthier emotional atmosphere for youth development.
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