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A Randomized Control Trial Evaluating an Online Mindful Parenting Training for Mothers With Elevated Parental Stress
Originally published 2019-07-17 · Frontiers in Psychology
Frontiers Media SA · DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01550 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Kindness
Which outcomes actually changed in an online mindful-parenting trial?
Tests an accessible mindful-parenting program that includes self-compassion and less over-reactive responses. It contributes experimental evidence with important mixed findings rather than a blanket promise that the program improves every outcome.
Who was studied?
Seventy-six Dutch mothers with elevated parenting stress, plus reports from nonparticipating coparents.
Age / stage: Mothers of toddlers; approximately 2–3.5 years postpartum at recruitment
Read with three questions
- Which findings met the study’s 95% threshold and which only its 90% threshold?
- What happened to the primary parental-stress outcomes?
- Did the nonparticipating parent also report improvements in child behavior?
Keep the limits in view
A small, selected sample and waitlist comparator limit generalization. Several outcomes were weak or nonsignificant; nonparticipating parents did not report significant child-outcome improvements.
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Eva S. Potharst; Myrthe G. B. M. Boekhorst; Ivon Cuijlits; Kiki E. M. van Broekhoven; Anne Jacobs; Viola Spek; Ivan Nyklíček; Susan M. Bögels; Victor J. M. Pop (2019). A Randomized Control Trial Evaluating an Online Mindful Parenting Training for Mothers With Elevated Parental Stress Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01550
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