Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 2 · Licensed source edition
Self-Compassion and Depressive Symptoms as Determinants of Sensitive Parenting: Associations with Sociodemographic Characteristics in a Sample of Mothers and Toddlers
Originally published 2023-07-26 · Children
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · DOI 10.3390/children10081284 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Kindness
Does a parent’s self-description tell us the same thing as observing an interaction?
This article addresses parental self-compassion alongside observed caregiving sensitivity and maternal symptoms.
Who was studied?
300 central Ohio families enrolled when children averaged about 18 months
Age / stage: Toddlerhood
Read with three questions
- How did the authors investigate parental self-compassion alongside observed caregiving sensitivity and maternal symptoms?
- What other family or child characteristics could account for the observed pattern?
- Did self-compassion predict observed sensitivity after depressive symptoms and family circumstances were included?
Keep the limits in view
The cohort included families of toddlers born at different gestational ages. The analysis of sensitivity does not establish an effect of increasing self-compassion.
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Bharathi J Zvara; Sarah A Keim; Rebecca Andridge; Sarah E Anderson; Manuela Verissimo; Brian Littlechild (2023). Self-Compassion and Depressive Symptoms as Determinants of Sensitive Parenting: Associations with Sociodemographic Characteristics in a Sample of Mothers and Toddlers Children. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10081284
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