Mindful parenting is linked to positive youth emotion regulation, mental health, and parent–child relationship quality. We examined bidirectional relations between adolescent mental health and mindful parenting among a diverse sample of 249 7th grade students and their female (N = 232) and male caregivers (N = 120). We conducted multiple-group cross-lagged models (grouped by adolescent sex). Female adolescents’ externalizing symptoms predicted decreased female caregiver mindful parenting six months later, but male and female adolescent externalizing behaviors were negatively associated with male caregivers’ mindful parenting one year later. Findings suggest mindful parenting capacities are vulnerable to disruption via adolescent problem behavior. Mindful parenting’s potential benefits, caveats, and need to support parent efforts to sustain mindful parenting amidst adolescents’ externalizing behaviors are discussed.

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谁在影响谁？青少年症状学和照顾者正念育儿

正念养育与积极的青少年情绪调节、心理健康和亲子关系质量有关。我们在 249 名七年级学生及其女性（N  = 232）和男性照顾者（N = 120）。我们进行了多组交叉滞后模型（按青少年性别分组）。女性青少年的外化症状预示着六个月后女性看护者的专注养育会减少，但男性和女性青少年的外化行为与一年后男性看护者的专注养育呈负相关。研究结果表明，正念养育能力很容易因青少年问题行为而受到破坏。讨论了正念养育的潜在好处、注意事项以及支持父母努力在青少年外化行为中维持正念养育的必要性。