Effects of mindfulness-based parenting course on parenting burnout and parent-child relationship of adolescents' mothers
Objective To investigate the effects of mindfulness-based parenting course on parenting burnout and parent-child relationship of adolescents' mothers.Methods A total of 203 mothers who volun-teered to participate in the mindfulness-based parenting course in a middle school in Chongqing City in May 2023 were recruited as the research subjects and divided into the intervention group (n=99) and control group (n=104).The intervention group attended the eight mindfulness parenting sessions twice a week,while the control group did not attended the course.The Parenting Burnout Assessment Scale,Parent-Child Relationship Self Evaluation Scale,Five Factors of Mindfulness scale and Satisfaction with Life Scale were used to evaluate the two groups before and after intervention.Results The scores of parent-child relationship and satisfaction with life had statistical difference between the two groups (P<0.05).Compared with before intervention,the parental burnout score of the intervention group was decreased,the scores of parent-child relationship,five fac-tors of mindfulness,scores of awareness,no judgment,no reaction dimensions and life satisfaction were in-creased,the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05).Compared with the control group,the scores of parent-child relationship,five factors of mindfulness,awareness dimension and life satisfaction after inter-vention in the intervention group were higher,while the score of conscious action dimension was lower,the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05).Conclusion The 4-week mindfulness-based parenting course could could decrease the parenting burnout,and improve the parent-child relationship and satisfaction with life.
parental burnoutmindfulness-based parenting courseparent-child relationshipsatisfaction with life