Academic Journal
Enhancing parental well-being: initial efficacy of a 21-day online self-help mindfulness-based intervention for parents
| العنوان: | Enhancing parental well-being: initial efficacy of a 21-day online self-help mindfulness-based intervention for parents |
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| المؤلفون: | Cheung, Rebecca Y. M., Chan, Stanley K. C., Chui, Harold, Chan, Wing Man, Ngai, Sammy Y. S. |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| المجموعة: | CentAUR: Central Archive at the University of Reading |
| الوصف: | Objectives Parental self-care is extremely important in the face of stress throughout parenthood. A 21-day online mindfulness-based intervention was developed that was aimed at enhancing parental well-being. The present study evaluated this intervention by examining its practicality, perceived acceptability, and initial efficacy on parents’ mindfulness, parenting stress, subjective well-being, and symptoms of depression and anxiety. Methods Participants were 273 parents (90.11% mothers) who were randomly assigned to the 21-day mindfulness-based intervention group (n = 136) or waitlist control group (n = 137). Pre-intervention assessment, immediate post-intervention assessment, and 30-day follow-up assessment were conducted to assess parents’ mindfulness, parenting stress, subjective well-being, and symptoms of depression and anxiety. Results Linear mixed models indicated that the group × time effect on subjective well-being, anxiety symptoms, and mindfulness were significant, after controlling sex, age, education, income, habit of mindfulness practice, hours of weekly mindfulness practice, and diagnostic history of psychiatric disorder. Follow-up analyses indicated that compared to baseline, participants from the intervention group reported significantly greater subjective well-being and mindfulness, and fewer symptoms of anxiety than did those from the waitlist control group. The group × time effects on parenting stress and depressive symptoms were non-significant. Exploratory findings further suggested practicality and perceived acceptability of the intervention. Conclusion This study showed initial efficacy of a 21-day online mindfulness-based intervention on parents’ subjective well-being, anxiety symptoms, and mindfulness. The findings inform researchers and practitioners about the utility of a brief mindfulness-based intervention in promotion parental well-being. Other areas of feasibility warrant future investigation. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | text |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/107914/3/s12671-022-01998-1.pdf; https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/107914/5/FINAL%20Manuscript%20tables%20figures%2019-9-2022%20%28clean%29.pdf; Cheung, R. Y. M. orcid:0000-0003-0998-7991 , Chan, S. K. C., Chui, H., Chan, W. M. and Ngai, S. Y. S. (2022) Enhancing parental well-being: initial efficacy of a 21-day online self-help mindfulness-based intervention for parents. Mindfulness, 13 (11). pp. 2812-2826. ISSN 1868-8527 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-022-01998-1 |
| الاتاحة: | https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/107914/ https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/107914/3/s12671-022-01998-1.pdf https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/107914/5/FINAL%20Manuscript%20tables%20figures%2019-9-2022%20%28clean%29.pdf |
| Rights: | cc_by_4 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.53BB5520 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
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