Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Department of Special Education, Education Research Center for Children With ASD, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Rm 408, YingDong Building, Xin Jie Kou Wai Da Jie #19, Beijing, China.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2022 May;52(5):2035-2045. doi: 10.1007/s10803-021-05011-x. Epub 2021 May 29.
Parenting a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be tremendously challenging. It is important to identify factors associated with parenting stress. This study examined the indirect effect of parental dispositional mindfulness on their anxiety and depressive symptoms and family quality of life (FQOL) through mindful parenting and then parenting stress. Seventy-nine Chinese parents (24.1% fathers) of children with ASD aged 3-13 years completed self-report questionnaires. Results indicated that higher dispositional mindfulness was associated with higher mindful parenting, which was related to lower parenting stress, and further related to lower anxiety and depressive symptoms and higher FQOL. The findings provide valuable insight into the potential pathways through which general mindfulness and mindful parenting may positively impact parental outcomes.
养育自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童极具挑战性。识别与父母压力相关的因素非常重要。本研究通过正念养育和父母压力，考察了父母特质正念对焦虑、抑郁症状和家庭生活质量（FQOL）的间接影响。79 名 3-13 岁 ASD 儿童的中国父母（24.1%为父亲）完成了自我报告问卷。结果表明，较高的特质正念与更高的正念养育有关，而后者又与较低的父母压力有关，进一步与较低的焦虑和抑郁症状以及较高的 FQOL 有关。研究结果为普遍正念和正念养育可能对父母结果产生积极影响的潜在途径提供了有价值的见解。
