Psychological Development and Education ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (2): 184-191.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2023.02.04

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The Relationship between Maternal Mindfulness and Child Problem Behaviors: The Chain Mediating Effect of Mindful Parenting and Parent-child Relationship

WANG Yingjie1, ZHANG Yi3, ZHANG Meixia3, LI Yan2   

  1. 1. School of Teachers'Education, Huzhou University, Huzhou 313000;
    2. Shanghai Early Childhood Education College, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234;
    3. Shanghai Huangpu District Preschool Children Development Monitoring Center, Shanghai 200020
  • Published:2023-03-11

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Abstract: To explore the relationship between mother’s mindfulness and preschool children’s problems behaviors, and the role of mindful parenting and parent-child relationship in it, we surveyed 480 4~6 years old children and their mothers, mothers complete the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, Mindful Parenting Scale, Parent-child Relationship Scale, and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, the results show that:(1) maternal mindfulness can significantly and negatively predict children’s problem behaviors; (2)mindful parenting plays an independent mediating role between maternal mindfulness and child problem behaviors; (3)parent-child conflict plays an independent mediating role between mother’s mindfulness and child’s problem behavior; (4)mindful parenting, parent-child conflict and parent-child closeness play chain mediating roles between maternal mindfulness and children’s problem behaviors.The results of this study reveal the mechanism of maternal mindfulness on children’s problem behaviors.

Key words: mindfulness, mindful parenting, parent-child relationship, problem behavior, pre-school children

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  • B844
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