The Relationship And Intervention Of Mindful Parenting,Parenting Stress And Anxiety Of Parents Of High School Students

Parents’ mental state is closely related to adolescents’ mental health.The anxiety of parents is not only harmful to their own physical and mental health,but also associated with inappropriate parenting behavior,which is a risk factor for adolescents’ psychological and behavioral problems.Research has found that among the factors related to anxiety of parents,one kind of stress is particularly prominent: parenting stress.Parenting stress is a specific form of stress that parents feel in the process of fulfilling their roles and tasks as well as parent-child interaction.Nowadays,mindfulness,as an effective means of stress reduction,has been gradually used in parent-child interaction and known as mindful parenting.Previous studies on mindful parenting mostly focused on parents of young children,primary school students and junior high school students.This study aims to investigate the current situation and relationship between mindful parenting,parenting stress and anxiety of high school students’ parents,and explore the improvement effect of short-range mindful parenting intervention on parenting stress and anxiety of high school students’ parents.In Study 1,394 valid questionnaires(212 mothers and 182 fathers)were collected using convenient sampling method to investigate the mindful parenting,parenting stress and anxiety of parents of high school students,and explore their relationship.The results showed that:(1)in terms of mindful parenting,the parents with bachelor degree were significantly higher than those with high school degree or below,and the parents with only child were significantly higher than those with non-only child;In terms of parenting stress,mothers are significantly higher than fathers,parents with high school education or below are significantly higher than those with bachelor’s degree or master’s degree,and non-only child parents are significantly higher than only child parents.In terms of anxiety,parents aged 41 to 50 and 51 to 60 were significantly higher than those aged 31 to 40.(2)There was a significant negative correlation between mindful parenting and parenting stress,a significant negative correlation between mindful parenting and parents’ anxiety,and a significant positive correlation between parenting stress and parents’ anxiety;(3)Parenting stress mediates the relationship between mindful parenting and parents’ anxiety.In Study 2,34 parents(29 mothers and 5 fathers)were recruited and divided into the intervention group and the blank control group.The two groups had 17 parents respectively.The intervention group participated in the mindful parenting course.The results showed that:(4)Compared with the control group,parents who participated in the mindful parenting course significantly improved the level of mindful parenting and mindful discipline,significantly reduced the level of parenting stress and dysfunctional interaction.Their anxiety reduced as well.This study has enriched the exploration of the mechanism of mindful parenting in individuals and further expanded the application of mindful parenting intervention.This can be used as a reference for the psychological intervention of parents in the future.