Deusto Stress Research, Department of Psychology, Health Sciences Faculty, University of Deusto, Spain.
Deusto Stress Research, Department of Psychology, Health Sciences Faculty, University of Deusto, Spain.
Infant Behav Dev. 2024 Jun;75:101931. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2024.101931. Epub 2024 Mar 8.
Research has indicated that maternal anxiety does have an effect on infant temperament. Therefore, it is important to study the variables that could play a role in this relationship. In this study, we propose that mindful parenting could act as a mediator in this relationship. Thus, the main objective was to evaluate the relationship between maternal anxiety and child temperament (i.e., negative affectivity, surgency, and effortful control) through the mindful parenting of mothers. Mothers (N = 225) self-reported their anxiety, mindful parenting use, and the temperament of their old infants (aged 4-18 months). First, the reliability and validity results showed that the infant version of the Interpersonal Mindful Parenting questionnaire was a good tool for the assessment of mindful parenting among parents with infants. The five-factor structure of the questionnaire was confirmed; it involved self-regulation in the parenting relationship, listening with full attention, emotional awareness of the child, compassion for the child, and non-judgmental acceptance of parenting behavior. Correlational analyses showed that maternal anxiety was related to negative affectivity and effortful control in infants. Furthermore, mediational analyses indicated that the relation between maternal anxiety and infant negative affectivity was mediated by self-regulation in parenting and the emotional awareness of the child. In addition, the relation between maternal anxiety and infant effortful control was mediated by compassion for the child and listening with full attention. These results contribute to knowledge about the relation between maternal anxiety and child temperament, which may increase the risk of psychological symptoms. The results of this study suggest that promoting mindful parenting skills may be beneficial for affectivity and effortful control in infants.
研究表明，母亲的焦虑确实会对婴儿的气质产生影响。因此，研究可能在这种关系中起作用的变量很重要。在这项研究中，我们提出正念育儿可以作为这种关系的中介。因此，主要目的是通过母亲的正念育儿来评估母亲焦虑与儿童气质（即负性情绪、活力和努力控制）之间的关系。母亲（N=225）自我报告了她们的焦虑、正念育儿的使用情况以及婴儿的气质（年龄为 4-18 个月）。首先，可靠性和有效性结果表明，婴儿版人际正念育儿问卷是评估有婴儿的父母正念育儿的良好工具。问卷的五因素结构得到了证实；它涉及到亲子关系中的自我调节、全神贯注地倾听、对孩子的情绪意识、对孩子的同情心和对育儿行为的非评判性接受。相关分析表明，母亲的焦虑与婴儿的负性情绪和努力控制有关。此外，中介分析表明，母亲焦虑与婴儿负性情绪的关系受到育儿自我调节和孩子情绪意识的中介。此外，母亲焦虑与婴儿努力控制的关系受到对孩子的同情心和全神贯注倾听的中介。这些结果有助于了解母亲焦虑与儿童气质之间的关系，这可能会增加儿童出现心理症状的风险。本研究的结果表明，促进正念育儿技能可能对婴儿的情绪和努力控制有益。
