naa a22 4500 510730116 CHVBK 20180411082949.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12671-012-0192-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12671-012-0192-4 The Relationship Between Mindful Parenting and Distress in Parents of Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder [Elektronische Daten] [Michelle Beer, Lynn Ward, Kathryn Moar] Parenting a child with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be highly challenging. Extensive behaviour problems associated with the disorder may contribute to poor psychological health amongst parents. It is important to investigate factors that are related to parental well-being and that may be amenable to intervention. The current study investigated mindful parenting amongst parents of children with ASD. Participants (N = 28) completed a questionnaire about their child's behaviour problems, parental stress, depressive and anxiety symptoms and mindful parenting, along with open-ended questions about mindful parenting practices and general parenting experiences. Higher levels of mindful parenting were related to lower levels of depressive symptoms and stress. There was no relationship between mindful parenting and anxiety symptoms. Higher levels of child behaviour problems were associated with more severe parental depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms and stress and lower levels of mindful parenting. Contrary to expectations, preliminary analyses using partial correlations indicated that mindful parenting did not mediate the relationship between child behaviour problems and parental distress. Thematic analysis of the open-ended mindful parenting questions yielded four main themes: examples of mindful parenting practices, specific strategies, advantages of mindful parenting and difficulties in adopting these practices. Three themes regarding general parenting experiences emerged: parent and family problems, positive feelings towards the child and parenting approaches. Mindful parenting may have benefits for parents' psychological health. Further research exploring the effectiveness of mindful parenting interventions is warranted. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2013 Mindful parenting nationallicence Stress nationallicence Depressive symptoms nationallicence Autism spectrum disorder nationallicence Child behaviour problems nationallicence Beer Michelle School of Psychology, The University of Adelaide, 5005, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia aut Ward Lynn School of Psychology, The University of Adelaide, 5005, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia aut Moar Kathryn Children's Assessment Team, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia aut Mindfulness Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 4/2(2013-06-01), 102-112 1868-8527 4:2<102 2013 4 12671 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-012-0192-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-012-0192-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Beer Michelle School of Psychology, The University of Adelaide, 5005, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ward Lynn School of Psychology, The University of Adelaide, 5005, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Moar Kathryn Children's Assessment Team, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Mindfulness Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 4/2(2013-06-01), 102-112 1868-8527 4:2<102 2013 4 12671 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer