Effects of a Mindful Parenting Workshop for Parents of Adolescents and Young Adults Following Social Unrest in Hong Kong.

Autor: Lo HHM; Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong., Lau ENS; The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong., Tam CHL; City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong., Ngai SW; Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong., Chan SHW; Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong., Leung BFH; Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong., Wong ET; Private Practice, Kowloon, Hong Kong., Wong EWY; Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists, Aberdeen, Hong Kong., Wong GOC; Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong., Cho WC; Caritas Medical Centre, The Hospital Authority, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong., Tsang AWK; Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists, Aberdeen, Hong Kong.; University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong., Singh NN; Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Mindfulness [Mindfulness (N Y)] 2022; Vol. 13 (1), pp. 248-261. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Dec 02.
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-021-01790-7
Abstrakt: Objectives: The social unrest that began in Hong Kong in 2019 became a threat to public mental health, such as for depression and post-traumatic stress disorders. A supportive family environment is the most effective protective factor for mental health problems for young people who are exposed to conflict and violence. This study investigated the outcomes of a brief mindful parenting workshop on parent mental health and family functioning.
Methods: Using a randomized controlled trial design, 54 parents of adolescents and young adults were randomized into intervention group and waitlist control group. Depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress symptoms, negative emotions, family functioning, and family conflicts were measured at baseline (pretest), following training, and at 3-month follow-up.
Results: We found a significant improvement in family functioning among parents in the intervention group when compared to those parents in the control group ( F [1, 51] = 4.41, p  = .04). When we further controlled the child-initiated physical conflict as covariate, a significant reduction of self-rated levels of depressive symptoms was found in the parents from the intervention group when compared to the parents in the control group ( F [1, 49] = 5.14, p  = .03).
Conclusions: We found preliminary evidence that a brief mindful parenting workshop can strengthen parent and family mental health at times of social unrest.
Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04427683).
Competing Interests: Conflict of InterestThe authors declare no competing interests.
(© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2021, corrected publication 2021.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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