The Mindfulness-enhanced Strengthening Families Program: Integrating brief mindfulness activities and parent training within an evidence-based prevention program.


Author: Coatsworth JD1, Duncan LG, Berrena E, Bamberger KT, Loeschinger D, Greenberg MT, Nix RL.

Affiliation: 1Colorado State University.
Conference/Journal: New Dir Youth Dev
Date published: 2014 Jun
Other:
 Volume ID: 2014   ,  Issue ID: 142   ,  Pages: 45-58   ,  Special Notes: doi: 10.1002/yd.20096   ,  Word Count: 103  
    Abstract

Teaching mindfulness to parents as well as adolescents through a family-centered intervention approach can have a positive impact on the parent-youth relationship. In mindful parenting, caretakers are aware of their own feelings and emotions, and interact with their adolescents in a mindful way by demonstrating emotional awareness, attentive listening, nonjudgment, self-regulation, and compassion. This chapter discusses the need for family-centered mindfulness approaches in adolescence. It introduces the Mindfulness-enhanced Strengthening Families Program, describes specific program activities and their theoretical rationale, and presents initial empirical evidence from pilot studies of the intervention.

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PMID: 25100494 [PubMed - in process] PMCID: PMC4127910 [Available on 2014/10/1]