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Integrating mindfulness with parent training: effects of the Mindfulness-Enhanced Strengthening Families Program
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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.
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“Moreover, their inadequate understanding of mindfulness pre-intervention could have resulted in them scoring themselves higher. After undergoing the intervention, they would have acquired a better understanding of mindfulness and hence scored themselves more accurately (Coatsworth et al. 2015).”
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“the benefits of parent participation in a mindfulness intervention spill over from parents’ themselves as individuals to the parent-child relationship and, in turn, youth outcomes (Bogels et al. 2013; Chaplin et al. 2018; Coatsworth et al. 2015).”
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“Three studies included multiple respondents for child emotional and behavioural adjustment, parenting skills, and parent mindfulness outcomes, including mother, father and/or child reports (Coatsworth 2010; Coatsworth 2015; Gewirtz 2018).”
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“High risk There appeared to be minimal treatment differences in the base parent program across the groups, however there were some changes in the program to incorporate the mindfulness training and an attentional control was use rather than a no treatment control.For these reason, the risk of performance bias has been assessed as high.”
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“Multiple studies suggest that mindfulness training can improve relationship satisfaction and quality, although these studies have targeted adults in romantic relationships (e.g., Carson et al. 2004) or parents (e.g., Coatsworth et al. 2015).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Coatsworth, J. D., Duncan, L. G., Nix, R. L., Greenberg, M. T., Gayles, J. G., Bamberger, K. T., Berrena, E., & Demi, M. A.
- Affiliations
- Colorado State University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Developmental Psychology
- Published
- 2015
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 26-35
- ISSN
- 0012-1649 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-0599
- PMC
- PMC4485922
- OpenAlex
- W1976348101
- Cited by
- 238
- References
- 46
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 24 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 33 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 26 · 2018: 24 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 19 · 2015: 7
- FWCI
- 16.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Developmental Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (RO1DA026217, T32 DA017629, F31DA03849)
- Pennsylvania State University Children Youth and Families Consortium
- National Institutes of Health (K01AT005270)
- The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Keywords
- mindfulness training, parent training, Strengthening Families Program, parenting skills, parent-youth relationships, parental well-being, family-based prevention, fathers, comparative effectiveness
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Child, Emotions, Family, Female, Humans, Internal-External Control, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Parent-Child Relations, Parents, Personal Satisfaction, Program Evaluation, Parenting, Mindfulness
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