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Parenting Preschoolers: Can Mindfulness Help?

Abstract  

Parenting preschoolers can be a challenging endeavor. Yet anecdotal observations indicate that parents who are more mindful
may have greater ease in contending with the emotional demands of parenting than parents who are less mindful. Therefore,
we hypothesized that parenting effort, defined as the energy involved in deciding on the most effective way to respond to
a preschooler, would be negatively associated with mothers’ mindfulness. In this study, a new parenting effort scale and an
established mindfulness scale were distributed to 50 mothers of preschoolers. Using exploratory factor analysis, the factor
structure of the new parenting effort scale was examined and the scale was refined. Bivariate correlations were then conducted
on this new Parenting Effort—Preschool scale and the established mindfulness scale. Results confirmed the hypothesis that
a negative correlation exists between these two variables. Implications are that mindfulness practices may have the potential
to alleviate some of the challenges of parenting preschoolers.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category ORIGINAL PAPER
  • Pages 1-4
  • DOI 10.1007/s12671-011-0071-4
  • Authors
    • Karen Bluth, Department of Child and Family Studies, University of Tennessee, 1215 W. Cumberland Ave., Suite 115, Knoxville, TN 37996-1912, USA
    • Robert G. Wahler, Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
    • Journal Mindfulness
    • Online ISSN 1868-8535
    • Print ISSN 1868-8527
Posted in: Journal Article Abstracts on 09/11/2011 | Link to this post on IFP |
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