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Lippold MA, Jensen TM, Duncan LG, et al. Mindful Parenting, Parenting Cognitions, and Parent-Youth Communication: Bidirectional Linkages and Mediational Processes. Mindfulness (N Y). 2019;12(2):381-391doi: 10.1007/s12671-019-01119-5.
Lippold, M. A., Jensen, T. M., Duncan, L. G., Nix, R. L., Coatsworth, J. D., & Greenberg, M. T. (2021). Mindful Parenting, Parenting Cognitions, and Parent-Youth Communication: Bidirectional Linkages and Mediational Processes. Mindfulness, 12(2), 381-391. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-019-01119-5
Lippold, Melissa A, et al. "Mindful Parenting, Parenting Cognitions, and Parent-Youth Communication: Bidirectional Linkages and Mediational Processes." Mindfulness vol. 12,2 (2021): 381-391. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-019-01119-5
Lippold MA, Jensen TM, Duncan LG, Nix RL, Coatsworth JD, Greenberg MT. Mindful Parenting, Parenting Cognitions, and Parent-Youth Communication: Bidirectional Linkages and Mediational Processes. Mindfulness (N Y). 2021;12(2):381-391. doi: 10.1007/s12671-019-01119-5. Epub 2019 Feb 21. PMID: 33737985; PMCID: PMC7962556.
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Mindfulness (N Y). 2021;12(2):381-391. doi: 10.1007/s12671-019-01119-5. Epub 2019 Feb 21.

Mindful Parenting, Parenting Cognitions, and Parent-Youth Communication: Bidirectional Linkages and Mediational Processes.

Mindfulness

Melissa A Lippold, Todd M Jensen, Larissa G Duncan, Robert L Nix, J Douglas Coatsworth, Mark T Greenberg

Affiliations

  1. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work.
  2. The University of Wisconsin at Madison, Human Development and Family Studies.
  3. Colorado State University, Human Development and Family Studies.
  4. The Pennsylvania State University, Human Development and Family Studies.

PMID: 33737985 PMCID: PMC7962556 DOI: 10.1007/s12671-019-01119-5

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Mindful parenting and parenting cognitions likely have important linkages to each other and to parent-child communication, but these linkages have not been tested. In this article, we test the bidirectional linkages between mindful parenting and parenting cognitions (sense of competence, parent-centered attributions) and the underlying mediational processes that link them to parent-child communication (parental solicitation and youth disclosure).

METHODS: Longitudinal, autoregressive cross-lagged models were run within a longitudinal sample of rural and suburban early adolescents and their mothers (

RESULTS: Significant bidirectional linkages were found between mindful parenting and parenting cognitions across Time 1 and Time 2. Greater mindful parenting at Time 1 was associated with more positive parenting cognitions (e.g., greater perceptions of parental competence and fewer negative parent-centered attributions or self-blame) at Time 2. More positive parenting cognitions at Time 1 were also associated with greater levels of mindful parenting at Time 2. Mindful parenting at Time 2 mediated the association between parenting cognitions (both parent-centered attributions and sense of competence) at Time 1 and parental solicitation at Time 3.

CONCLUSIONS: Mindful parenting and parenting cognitions influence each other over time. Parenting cognitions can affect parental solicitation via increases in mindful parenting. The discussion focuses on potential underlying processes.

Keywords: adolescent disclosure; mindful parenting; mindfulness; parental monitoring; parenting attributions; parenting cognitions; parenting efficacy

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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