Journal of Child and Family Studies
November 8, 2025
Emma W. Nathanson, Kristin M. Rispoli, Nicholas H. Ramazon
Many parents experience elevated levels of stress, and parents of children with externalizing behavioral concerns tend to experience even higher levels of stress due to the transactional and bidirectional nature of child behavior and parent stress. The Family Adjustment and Adaptation Response (FAAR) model suggests that families work to balance demands with capabilities, which interact with...
Journal of Child and Family Studies
September 18, 2025
Caleb D. Farley, Tyler L. Renshaw, Paul Caldarella
Abstract Mindfulness-based interventions have been shown to be mild to moderately effective at decreasing the stress of parents raising children with behavior difficulties. However, questions surround whether mindfulness practices cause changes in specific mindfulness processes—present-moment awareness and responding with acceptance—and how these changes relate to decreased stress. This...
Journal of Child and Family Studies
September 13, 2025
Brett Kosterman Zoller, Susan M. Bögels, Renée Meppelink et al.
This pre-registered ‘ADHD: Medication or Meditation’ trial presents the effects on parental outcomes comparing a mindfulness-based intervention (MYmind) for both parents and children with medication (methylphenidate) for children’s ADHD. Additionally, we examined correlations between meditation practice and outcomes in the mindfulness group. Parental scores were compared across treatments at...
Journal of Child and Family Studies
2025
Katie Crompton, Alessandra Fasulo, Daphne Kaklamanou et al.
School-based mindfulness programmes (SBMPs) are becoming widely used in primary schools, however findings regarding their effectiveness are controversial. Understanding how children describe and interpret the experience of taking part in these programmes may hold the key for improving their effectiveness. In this study we sought to gather children's views about a 12-lesson SBMP called Paws b. A...
Journal of Child and Family Studies
February 1, 2011
Saskia van der Oord, Susan M. Bögels, Dorreke Peijnenburg
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This study evaluated the effectiveness of an 8-week mindfulness training for children aged 8-12 with ADHD and parallel mindful parenting training for their parents. Parents (N = 22) completed questionnaires on their child's ADHD and ODD symptoms, their own ADHD symptoms, parenting stress, parental overreactivity, permissiveness and mindful awareness before, immediately after the 8-week training...