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Does Effort Matter in Mindful Parenting?

Abstract  

Mindful parenting has been thought to be more effective and less effortful than following a parenting routine. While there
is evidence for effectiveness, the lessened effort is largely based on anecdotes. In this study, we created a self-report
Parenting Effort Scale for use with already established parent self-report scales of everyday mindfulness and perceived youth
problems. One hundred and eighteen volunteer mothers of middle school adolescents completed the three scales. As expected,
mothers’ mindfulness scores covaried inversely with their effort scores and their perceptions of youth problems. Also as expected,
the effort scores correlated positively with youth internalizing problem scores. This correlation was significantly weakened
when mindfulness scores were entered in a regression model, suggesting that mothers’ mindfulness mediated the connection between
their perceived effort and perceived youth internalizing problems. Surprisingly, there was no significant correlation between
perceived effort and youth externalizing problems. However, we did find a connection involving effort, mindfulness, and externalizing
problems. This connection revealed a moderating function in which mothers with high mindfulness scores reported less effort
and lower youth externalizing problems compared to mothers with low mindfulness scores.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Pages 1-4
  • DOI 10.1007/s12671-011-0056-3
  • Authors
    • Karen Bluth, The University of Tennessee, 1215 W. Cumberland Avenue, 115 Jessie Harris Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-1912, USA
    • Robert G. Wahler, The University of Tennessee, 1215 W. Cumberland Avenue, 115 Jessie Harris Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-1912, USA
    • Journal Mindfulness
    • Online ISSN 1868-8535
    • Print ISSN 1868-8527
Posted in: Journal Article Abstracts on 04/17/2011 | Link to this post on IFP |
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