Mind the Family: Acceptability and Outcomes for a Mindfulness- and Imagery-Enhanced Behavioral Parenting Program

Donovan, Mark; Barkus, Emma; Pickard, Judy A.; Konza, Greg; Herbert, John

doi:10.1080/07317107.2022.2137715

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“…None of our interview parents reported feeling overwhelmed by multiple components and instead showed variation in what they most valued from the program. A previous study on the acceptability of CCCK using parent evaluations noted that over 90% of parents said they would not omit any program components, and those recommending changes focused on improving video materials, increasing session time, reducing roleplays, and better managing group discussions (Donovan et al, 2022a). Taken together, there appears to be support for the multicomponent integration of behavioral skills and mindfulness.…”

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“…The study was part of a broader project exploring the attendance, outcomes, predictors, and experiences of parents attending an 8-week CCCK group program at a psychology clinic in a regional Australian university (Donovan et al, 2022a). CCCK had been offered to parents seeking assistance for child behavior problems.…”

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“…Parents are thereby provided with an overarching mental image to guide their use of common behavioral strategies. An investigation into CCCK based on a 10-year sample (N = 338) has demonstrated large pre-to postintervention improvements across child behavior, parenting approach, parent wellbeing, and mindful parenting (Donovan et al, 2022a). A further study exploring predictors found that CCCK outcomes and attendance were similarly positive across 16 sociodemographic variables and that parents with more severe di culties at baseline showed larger improvements (Donovan et al, 2023b).…”

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“…An investigation into CCCK based on a 10-year sample (N = 338) has demonstrated large pre-to postintervention improvements across child behavior, parenting approach, parent wellbeing, and mindful parenting (Donovan et al, 2022a). A further study exploring predictors found that CCCK outcomes and attendance were similarly positive across 16 sociodemographic variables and that parents with more severe di culties at baseline showed larger improvements (Donovan et al, 2023b). In terms of mechanisms of change, improvements in mindful parenting, and not parenting approach, predicted greater parent-rated child behavior improvements, contradicting a similar earlier study (Emerson et al, 2021).…”

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“I’m getting it!”: How Parents Describe Change Following Attendance at Mindfulness- Enhanced Behavioral Parent Training

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Pickard

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Many parents feel overwhelmed and seek professional assistance in response to their child’s behaviors. Mindfulness-enhanced parenting programs offer an increasingly popular alternative to the traditional gold standard behavioral parent training (BPT). This study explored parents’ descriptions of change following attendance at a mindfulness-enhanced behavioral parent training group program (MeBPT). Our aim was to examine how mindfulness and behavioral components are featured in parents’ change narratives. Semistructured interviews were conducted with parents (N = 9) of 3–12-year-old children, who attended the program 6 months earlier. Transcripts were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. Identified themes were triangulated with qualitative comments from N = 266 postgroup parent evaluations and relevant theory. Four themes characterized parents’ change narratives: noticing the struggle, being a mindful parent, trying to implement behavioral strategies, and the importance of the relationship. Parents integrated both mindfulness and behavioral principles in their change narratives, varied in which components were most highly valued, and reported mixed success in applying behavioral parenting strategies. Themes supported the construct validity of mindful parenting mechanisms and measures. Integrating mindfulness components within BPT programs appears to be valued by parents and may represent the next evolution in parenting interventions.

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Barriers and opportunities for health service access among fathers: A review of empirical evidence

Wynter,

Mansour,

Forbes

et al. 2024

Health Prom J of Aust

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Issue AddressedEngagement with health supports benefits the whole family, yet few health services report successful engagement of fathers. Our aim was to describe available evidence on barriers and opportunities relevant to health system access for fathers.MethodsScoping reviews were conducted seeking empirical evidence from (1) Australian studies and (2) international literature reviews.ResultsA total of 52 Australian studies and 44 international reviews were included. The most commonly reported barriers were at the health service level, related to an exclusionary health service focus on mothers. These included both ‘surface’ factors (e.g., appointment times limited to traditional employment hours) and ‘deep’ factors, in which health service policies perpetuate traditional gender norms of mothers as ‘caregivers’ and fathers as ‘supporters’ or ‘providers’. Such barriers were reported consistently, including but not limited to fathers from First Nations or culturally diverse backgrounds, those at risk of poor mental health, experiencing perinatal loss or other adverse pregnancy and birth events, and caring for children with illness, neurodevelopmental or behavioural problems. Opportunities for father engagement include offering father‐specific resources and support, facilitating health professionals' confidence and training in working with fathers, and ‘gateway consultations’, including engaging fathers via appointments for mothers or infants. Ideally, top‐down policies should support fathers as infant caregivers in a family‐based approach.ConclusionsAlthough barriers and opportunities exist at individual and cultural levels, health services hold the key to improved engagement of fathers.So What?Evidence‐based, innovative strategies, informed by fathers' needs and healthy masculinities, are needed to engage fathers in health services.

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Benefits of the Growing up Together Online Parenting Program for Families in Social Services in Croatia

Pećnik,

Nieterau,

Špaček

et al. 2024

J Child Fam Stud

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Parenting programs have the ability to enhance parenting quality and healthy child development, but the overwhelming majority of evidence for their effects comes from a small minority of countries and research-intensive contexts. More evidence is needed from effectiveness studies (rather than highly controlled efficacy studies) and from countries less well-represented in the international literature. We examined changes in parental cognitions and parenting behavior in 62 families completing a 10-week online group program (Growing up Together Online) as part of social services in Croatia in 2020 and 2021, during the Covid-19 pandemic and earthquake. Parents reported on their cognitions and behaviors before and after the intervention. Paired-sample t-tests show significant improvements in parent-reported general self-esteem, parenting self-efficacy, and parenting experience and morale. Parents also reported significant reductions in angry, harsh, and violent parenting. Parents did not report increased attempts to understand children’s perspectives and positive interactions (e.g. joint play). Reliable change index analysis showed that reliable improvement was most common in parenting self-efficacy and least common in positive involvement and reinforcement. Findings provide preliminary evidence for the program’s potential to optimize the parenting conditions of children growing up in an environment at risk for child abuse and neglect.

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Mind the Family: Acceptability and Outcomes for a Mindfulness- and Imagery-Enhanced Behavioral Parenting Program

Cited by 5 publications

References 61 publications

“I’m getting it!”: How Parents Describe Change Following Attendance at Mindfulness- Enhanced Behavioral Parent Training

“I’m getting it!”: How Parents Describe Change Following Attendance at Mindfulness- Enhanced Behavioral Parent Training

Barriers and opportunities for health service access among fathers: A review of empirical evidence

Benefits of the Growing up Together Online Parenting Program for Families in Social Services in Croatia

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