Objectives

Growing academic interest in mindful parenting (MP) requires a reliable and valid measure for use in research and clinical setting. Because MP concerns the way parents relate to, and nurture, their children, it is important to evaluate the associations between self-reported MP and observed parenting and parent-child interaction measures.

Methods

Seventy-three mothers who experience difficulties with their young children aged 0–48 months admitted for a Mindful with your baby/toddler training (63% in a mental health care and 27% in a preventative context) were included. Mothers completed the Interpersonal Mindfulness in Parenting scale (IM-P) and video-observations of parent-child interactions were coded for maternal sensitivity, acceptance, mind-mindedness, and emotional communication (EC).

Results

The IM-P total score was positively associated only with mothers’ gaze to the child (EC). IM-P subscale Listening with Full Attention negatively predicted non-attuned mind-mindedness, Compassion with the Child positively predicted maternal sensitivity and positive facial expression (EC), and Emotional Awareness of Self positively predicted mothers’ gaze to the child (EC) and dyadic synchrony of positive affect (EC).

Conclusions

The current study provides support for the hypothesis that the IM-P total score is predictive of maternal actual attention for the child during a face-to-face interaction. When the IM-P is administered with the aim to gain understanding of different aspects of parenting behavior and the parent-child interaction, it is important not only to employ the IM-P total score but also to incorporate the individual IM-P subscales, as meaningful associations between IM-P subscales and observed parenting and parent-child interactions were found.

中文翻译：

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母亲自我报告的正念育儿与观察到的育儿行为质量和母子互动有关吗？

目标

对正念育儿 (MP) 日益增长的学术兴趣需要一种可靠和有效的测量方法，用于研究和临床环境。因为 MP 关注父母与孩子的关系和养育方式，所以评估自我报告的 MP 与观察到的养育和亲子互动测量之间的关联非常重要。

方法

包括 73 名在 0-48 个月的幼儿中遇到困难的母亲，他们接受了正念与婴儿/幼儿培训（63% 在心理保健方面，27% 在预防方面）。母亲完成了育儿中的人际正念量表（IM-P），亲子互动的视频观察被编码为母亲的敏感性、接受度、心智和情感交流（EC）。

结果

IM-P 总分仅与母亲对孩子的注视 (EC) 呈正相关。IM-P 子量表全神贯注的倾听负向预测不协调的心智，对孩子的同情正向预测母亲的敏感性和积极的面部表情（EC），而自我情绪意识正向预测母亲对孩子的注视（EC）和积极影响的二元同步（EC）。

结论

目前的研究支持这样的假设，即 IM-P 总分可以预测母亲在面对面互动过程中对孩子的实际关注。当 IM-P 的管理旨在了解育儿行为和亲子互动的不同方面时，重要的是不仅要使用 IM-P 总分，还要纳入各个 IM-P 子量表，因为发现了 IM-P 分量表与观察到的养育和亲子互动之间的有意义的关联。