Abstract Objectives Mindful parenting involves moment-to-moment awareness in the parent-child relationship, especially during emotional challenges. To better understand the neural processes involved in a mindful parental response, we investigated relations between mothers’ state mindfulness and neural responses to their own infant’s distress. We further tested whether neural signatures of state...
Although secular mindfulness interventions draw from contemplative traditions emphasizing relationality, evidence for impacts of such interventions on relational outcomes remains inconsistent. This study was designed to clarify conditions under which mindfulness training can improve relational functioning in a perinatal context where quality of relationship-building carries particularly...