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Transforming schema-driven parenting through mindfulness intervention: A mixed-methods study
Date Issued
2025
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Journal
ISSN
1049-7315
1552-7581
Citation
Research on Social Work Practice, 2025.
Type
Peer Reviewed Journal Article
Abstract
Purpose:
This study evaluates the effectiveness and underlying mechanisms of mindful parenting (MP) in modifying schema-driven parenting modes.
Methods:
Seventy-eight Chinese parents with parenting stress and adverse childhood experiences were randomly assigned to an 8-week MP intervention or a waitlist control group. Maladaptive schemas, parenting stress, and MP were assessed pre- and postintervention.
Results:
MP participants showed significant within-group reductions in total maladaptive schemas (
d
= 0.40, 95% confidence interval [CI] [0.04, 0.75]) and the Enmeshment subscale (
d
= 0.41, 95% CI [0.05, 0.76]). Compared with controls, they also showed greater decreases in parenting stress (
d
= 0.74, 95% CI [0.27, 1.20]) and improved emotional awareness (
d
=0.54, 95% CI [0.13, 0.95]). Qualitative findings showed that schema work influenced parenting by increasing awareness of schema activation, improving self-regulation, and fostering more adaptive responses to children.
Discussion:
MP appears to improve parent–child interactions by disrupting dysfunctional schema transmission.
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