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The relationship between mothers’ attachment style, mindful parenting, and perception of the child

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

B. Szabó  and
M. Miklósi
B. Szabó*
Affiliation:
Eötvös Loránd University, Department Of Developmental And Clinical Child Psychology, Budapest, Hungary
M. Miklósi
Affiliation:
ötvös Loránd University, Department Of Developmental And Clinical Child Psychology, Budapest, Hungary
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Maternal attachment style plays a major role in the intergenerational transmission of psychopathology. Previous studies indicated that a secure attachment style is associated with higher levels of mindfulness and a higher quality of the parent-child relationship.

Objectives

The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between the mothers’ attachment style, mindful parenting, and perception of the child.

Methods

Data was collected from 144 non-clinical mothers, who have a child below the age of 3 years. Mothers completed self-report questionnaires including the following scales: a demographic questionnaire, Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ), Interpersonal Mindfulness in Parenting Scale (IMP), and the Mothers’ Object Relations Scale (MORS-SF). Mediation analyses with Mothers’ Object Relations Scale warmth and invasion subscales as dependent variables, mother’s attachment style as an independent variable and, mindful parenting as a mediator were conducted.

Results

In mediation analysis, the direct effects of the mothers’ attachment style on the perception of the child were not significant. However, indirect effects through mindful parenting were significant; higher levels of mindful parenting were associated with higher levels of MORS-SF warmth and lower levels of MORS-SF invasion.

Conclusions

These findings suggest that attachment styles are related to the perception of the child through mindful parenting. Mindfulness-based parenting training might be useful in case of attachment-related problems to improve the parent-child relationship.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

mindful parentingmaternal attachmentchild perceptionmindfulness
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S351 - S352
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