The Effectiveness of Mindfulness Parenting Style on Reducing Stress, Anxiety, and Depression in Single-Parent Women
Ali Ghasemi, Seyed Hamid Atashpour, Ilnaz Sajjadian
Applied Family Therapy Journal 2021 DOI: 10.61838/kman.aftj.2.4.16 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Quasi-experimental study with pre-test-post-test design and quarterly follow-up Peer reviewed |
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| Sample size | 30 |
| Population | Single-parent women in Isfahan |
| Intervention | Mindful parenting training |
| Duration | Quarterly follow-up |
| Measures | DASS-42 questionnaire |
| Topics | Anxiety Depression Meditation |
| Key findings | Mindful parenting training was associated with reduced stress, anxiety, and depression in single-parent women after the intervention, with effects persisting at quarterly follow-up. The authors conclude that such training can benefit single-parent women and recommend its use by parenting teachers, researchers, and educators. |
Abstract
Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a mindful parenting style on reducing stress, anxiety, and depression in single-parent women.
Methods: The present study was quasi-experimental with experimental and evidence group and pre-test-post-test design with quarterly follow-up. The statistical population was 1730 single women in Isfahan in 1396. The research samples were randomly selected after observing the entry and exit criteria and 30 of them were randomly replaced in the control group and the experimental group. They were trained and the control group did not receive any training. Then DOS-42 questionnaire (Leiband and Leibond, 1995) was administered in both groups in three stages and the results were analyzed by repeated-measures variance.
Results: The results indicate the effect of mindful parenting training on stress reduction (F = 7.60, P = 0.010, anxiety (F = 9.72, P = 0.004) and depression (F = 6.78, P=0.015). in the post-test phase and the persistence of this effect was in the follow-up phase.
Conclusions: Because parenting education consciously reduces stress, anxiety, and depression in single-parent women, the results of this study are used by parenting teachers, researchers and educators, and single women. Parent suggested.
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