Yue Lei, Cui Naixue, Golfenshtein Nadya, Cui Naisong, Hao Yinjun, Lyu Pingping
School of Nursing and Rehabilitation, Shandong University, No. 44 Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China.
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health. 2022 Aug 30;16(1):72. doi: 10.1186/s13034-022-00507-5.
It is well-established that child maltreatment practiced by parents is associated with adolescent aggression. Emerging evidence has suggested that higher levels of mindful parenting are associated with fewer negative parenting practices. However, the relationships among mindful parenting, child maltreatment, and adolescent aggression remain unclear.
To examine the association between mindful parenting, child maltreatment, and adolescent aggressive behavior among Chinese parent-adolescent dyads.
Survey data from 554 Chinese parent-adolescent dyads were used for the analysis. Parents reported mindful parenting, and adolescents reported three forms of child maltreatment (i.e., physical abuse, psychological aggression, and neglect) by their parents and aggressive behavior. Path models were used to analyze whether higher levels of mindful parenting were associated with decreased likelihood of parent-to-adolescent maltreatment that were further related to lower levels of adolescent aggression.
Mindful parenting and its two factors (i.e., interaction with full attention and compassion and acceptance) were associated with lower likelihood of physical abuse and psychological aggression, which were related to decreased levels of adolescent aggressive behavior. Stratified analyses by parent gender showed that the path from interaction with full attention to adolescent aggression through psychological aggression was also significant or marginally significant in both mother-adolescent and father-adolescent dyads. Stratified analyses by adolescent gender demonstrated that the paths from interaction with full attention to physical abuse and psychological aggression were significant, which were also significantly correlated with adolescent aggression among male adolescents, whereas the mindful parenting-child maltreatment-adolescent aggression paths were not significant among female adolescents.
The findings contributed to the existing literature by assessing mindful parenting as a multifaceted construct and exploring the gender differences in the relationships. Gender-tailored interventions to improve mindful parenting, specifically focusing on the parents' ability of interacting with adolescents providing full attention, compassion, and acceptance may work towards preventing child maltreatment and promoting adolescent behavioral health.
父母实施的儿童虐待与青少年攻击行为之间的关联已得到充分证实。新出现的证据表明，更高水平的正念养育与较少的不良养育行为相关。然而，正念养育、儿童虐待和青少年攻击行为之间的关系仍不明确。
探讨中国亲子二元组中正念养育、儿童虐待和青少年攻击行为之间的关联。
使用来自554个中国亲子二元组的调查数据进行分析。父母报告正念养育情况，青少年报告父母实施的三种形式的儿童虐待（即身体虐待、心理攻击和忽视）以及攻击行为。采用路径模型分析更高水平的正念养育是否与父母对青少年虐待可能性的降低相关，而这又与青少年攻击行为水平的降低相关。
正念养育及其两个因素（即全神贯注的互动以及同情和接纳）与身体虐待和心理攻击的较低可能性相关，这与青少年攻击行为水平的降低有关。按父母性别进行的分层分析表明，在母亲 - 青少年和父亲 - 青少年二元组中，从全神贯注的互动通过心理攻击到青少年攻击行为的路径也具有显著或边缘显著性。按青少年性别进行的分层分析表明，从全神贯注的互动到身体虐待和心理攻击的路径具有显著性，在男性青少年中这些路径也与青少年攻击行为显著相关，而在女性青少年中，正念养育 - 儿童虐待 - 青少年攻击行为路径不具有显著性。
本研究结果通过将正念养育评估为一个多方面的概念并探索关系中的性别差异，为现有文献做出了贡献。针对改善正念养育的性别针对性干预措施，特别是关注父母与青少年进行全神贯注、富有同情心和接纳的互动的能力，可能有助于预防儿童虐待并促进青少年行为健康。
