In their integrative paper, “Mindful family routines and the cultivation of executive function skills in childhood,” Semenov and Zelazo (this issue) explore a socially relevant and interesting applied question: what is the “potential power of structured family routines focused on mindfulness and reflection to promote positive behavior change in childhood and buffer the negative influences of poverty and chaos?” To answer this question, the authors provide a creative and boundary-spanning synthesis of theory and research on family systems and the development of children’s executive function (EF) skills, particularly in the context of socioeconomic disadvantage, and theory and research on mindfulness practice and its potential to reduce stress and improve executive function skills in children and their caregivers alike. The paper culminates in a proposed “two-generation embedded approach” to cultivating mindfulness and reflection in families living in poverty. This embedded approach in families, the authors theorize, may be more a fruitful way than “stand-alone” programs to foster children’s EF skill development and transfer to everyday behavior. In this commentary, I briefly summarize the main points of this interesting paper and discuss what I see as some of the main contributions. Along the way, I suggest that this paper is a model of what Roeser and Zelazo (2012) termed a developmental contemplative science (DCS) perspective, an emerging transdisciplinary scholarly effort at the intersection of traditional wisdom traditions and practices (e.g., mindfulness meditation), the humanities and the human sciences that aims to describe and explain the impacts of contemplative practices like mindfulness practice on the brain, body, mind and behavior of individuals in social contexts during different periods of Published online: October 24, 2019

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迈向发展的沉思科学

Semenov 和 Zelazo（本期）在他们的综合论文“正念的家庭惯例和儿童时期执行功能技能的培养”中探讨了一个与社会相关且有趣的应用问题：“专注于正念和执行功能的结构化家庭惯例的潜在力量是什么？反思以促进童年积极的行为改变并缓冲贫困和混乱的负面影响？” 为了回答这个问题，作者提供了关于家庭系统和儿童执行功能 (EF) 技能发展的理论和研究的创造性和跨界综合，特别是在社会经济劣势的背景下，以及正念练习和正念练习的理论和研究。它具有减轻儿童及其照料者压力和提高执行功能技能的潜力。该论文最终提出了“两代嵌入式方法”，以在生活贫困的家庭中培养正念和反思。作者认为，这种嵌入家庭的方法可能比“独立”计划更富有成效，可以促进儿童的 EF 技能发展并转化为日常行为。在这篇评论中，我简要总结了这篇有趣论文的要点，并讨论了我认为的一些主要贡献。在此过程中，我建议这篇论文是 Roeser 和 Zelazo（2012）所称的发展沉思科学（DCS）观点的模型，这是一种新兴的跨学科学术努力，在传统智慧传统和实践（例如，正念冥想）的交叉点上,