Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 2 · Licensed source edition
Parental Reflective Capacities: A Scoping Review of Mindful Parenting and Parental Reflective Functioning
Originally published 2024-06-18 · Mindfulness
Springer Science and Business Media LLC · DOI 10.1007/s12671-024-02379-6 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Trust
What is involved in wondering what a child may be thinking or feeling?
Comparing reflective functioning with mindful parenting helps distinguish attention to a child's inner experience from broader parental awareness.
Who was studied?
Published studies of mindful parenting and parental reflective functioning
Age / stage: Developmental stages vary across sources
Read with three questions
- What is involved in wondering what a child may be thinking or feeling?
- Which inclusion criteria and differences among the original studies matter for the authors’ conclusions?
- Which features of the study population (published studies of mindful parenting and parental reflective functioning) would matter when applying the findings in another setting?
Keep the limits in view
The scoping review maps literature on mindful parenting and reflective functioning through early 2020. Similar terms across studies may describe different skills and measures.
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Tuyen Huynh; Margaret L Kerr; Christina N Kim; Endang Fourianalistyawati; Vickie Ya-Rong Chang; Larissa G Duncan (2024). Parental Reflective Capacities: A Scoping Review of Mindful Parenting and Parental Reflective Functioning Mindfulness. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-024-02379-6
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