Effects of a brief online mindfulness intervention on mindfulness, psychological distress and parenting stress in preschool parents.
Journal article
Authors | Chapman, C and Van Gordon, William |
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Abstract | Parents of preschool children are regularly challenged by oppositionist childhood behaviour, resulting in sub-optimal parent-child interactions and increased levels of parental stress. While healthy stress responses to parent-child conflict may be cultivated through mindful-ness, traditional mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) can be time consuming and their accessibility geo-graphically limited, which may be impractical for time-constrained parents. The purpose of this study was to pilot a three-day, online, MBI for reducing psychological distress and parenting stress in preschool parents (n=49). An open uncontrolled trial, with pre-post assessments, was con-ducted. Findings demonstrated a significant increase in mindfulness levels from pre- to post-intervention. There was also a significant decrease in both psychological distress and parenting stress. These preliminary findings support the feasibility of using of a brief, online mindfulness intervention within family wellbeing programs. Further research using randomised controlled trials is needed to support the findings of this preliminary study. |
Keywords | Mindfulness; online intervention; Psychological distress; parent |
Year | 2018 |
Journal | Mindfulness & Compassion |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/623702 |
hdl:10545/623702 | |
Publication dates | Mar 2018 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 25 Apr 2019, 15:36 |
Accepted | 2018 |
Contributors | University of Derby |
File | File Access Level Open |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/955wv/effects-of-a-brief-online-mindfulness-intervention-on-mindfulness-psychological-distress-and-parenting-stress-in-preschool-parents
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