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The Longitudinal Relationship Between Mindful Parenting and Child Emotional Self‐Regulation.

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Title: The Longitudinal Relationship Between Mindful Parenting and Child Emotional Self‐Regulation.
Authors: Quach, Jon (AUTHOR), Burke, Kate (AUTHOR), Schleibs, Dennae (AUTHOR), Zannino, Diana (AUTHOR), Deery, Ben (AUTHOR)
Source: Child: Care, Health & Development. Jan2026, Vol. 52 Issue 1, p1-8. 8p.
Subjects: Emotion regulation, Scale analysis (Psychology), Research funding, Mindfulness, Parenting, Structural equation modeling, Descriptive statistics, Longitudinal method, Cluster sampling, Data analysis software, Children
Abstract: Background: The development of socio‐emotional competencies is essential for school readiness. Children with behavioural, emotional or social difficulties, upon entering the school, are often at an increased risk of poorer academic and health outcomes. Whilst children largely learn early emotion regulation skills and self‐regulation through parental observation and modelling, a known benefit of mindful parenting, an understanding of how mindful parenting and child emotional regulation relate to one another during these important early years of schooling remains limited. This study aimed to determine if there is a bi‐directional relationship between mindful parenting and child emotion regulation. Methods: A cross‐lagged panel structural equation model (SEM) was used to examine the bi‐directional associations with data obtained from a single staged cluster sample drawn from the Minds@Play study cohort. Parents (N = 676, Mage = 35.52 years, SD = 5.40) completed questionnaires including the Affective Reactivity Index (ARI) and the Interpersonal Mindfulness in Parenting (IEM‐P) scales at two timepoints. Results: There was a small significant relationship between levels of mindful parenting at T1 with child's irritability at T2 (β = −0.166, p = 0.023), whilst the relationship between child's irritability at T1 and levels of mindful parenting at T2 were non‐significant (β = −0.099, p = 0.160). These findings indicate a unidirectional relationship between mindful parenting and children's emotion regulation, suggesting that a child's ability for emotion regulation does not predict their parents' ability to adopt a mindful parenting approach. Conclusion: Findings suggest that supporting parents to implement mindful parenting strategies may be a promising approach to supporting a child's long‐term emotional regulation and wellbeing. Summary: We examined the bi‐directional longitudinal relationships between mindful parenting and children's irritability symptoms.This study is one of the first investigating mindful parenting and child irritability in a large neurotypical population.Socio‐economic status did not impact the relationship between mindful parenting and children's irritability symptoms.Results suggest mindful parenting practices may be a promising approach to support a child's long‐term emotional regulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:Background: The development of socio‐emotional competencies is essential for school readiness. Children with behavioural, emotional or social difficulties, upon entering the school, are often at an increased risk of poorer academic and health outcomes. Whilst children largely learn early emotion regulation skills and self‐regulation through parental observation and modelling, a known benefit of mindful parenting, an understanding of how mindful parenting and child emotional regulation relate to one another during these important early years of schooling remains limited. This study aimed to determine if there is a bi‐directional relationship between mindful parenting and child emotion regulation. Methods: A cross‐lagged panel structural equation model (SEM) was used to examine the bi‐directional associations with data obtained from a single staged cluster sample drawn from the Minds@Play study cohort. Parents (N = 676, Mage = 35.52 years, SD = 5.40) completed questionnaires including the Affective Reactivity Index (ARI) and the Interpersonal Mindfulness in Parenting (IEM‐P) scales at two timepoints. Results: There was a small significant relationship between levels of mindful parenting at T1 with child's irritability at T2 (β = −0.166, p = 0.023), whilst the relationship between child's irritability at T1 and levels of mindful parenting at T2 were non‐significant (β = −0.099, p = 0.160). These findings indicate a unidirectional relationship between mindful parenting and children's emotion regulation, suggesting that a child's ability for emotion regulation does not predict their parents' ability to adopt a mindful parenting approach. Conclusion: Findings suggest that supporting parents to implement mindful parenting strategies may be a promising approach to supporting a child's long‐term emotional regulation and wellbeing. Summary: We examined the bi‐directional longitudinal relationships between mindful parenting and children's irritability symptoms.This study is one of the first investigating mindful parenting and child irritability in a large neurotypical population.Socio‐economic status did not impact the relationship between mindful parenting and children's irritability symptoms.Results suggest mindful parenting practices may be a promising approach to support a child's long‐term emotional regulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:03051862
DOI:10.1111/cch.70235