Relationship between maternal anxiety and infants’ temperament: the mediating role of mindful parenting

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dc.contributor.authorHoyo Bilbao, Joana del
dc.contributor.authorOrue Sola, Izaskun
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-15T14:00:33Z
dc.date.available2025-04-15T14:00:33Z
dc.date.issued2024-06
dc.date.updated2025-04-15T14:00:33Z
dc.description.abstractResearch has indicated that maternal anxiety does have an effect on infant temperament. Therefore, it is important to study the variables that could play a role in this relationship. In this study, we propose that mindful parenting could act as a mediator in this relationship. Thus, the main objective was to evaluate the relationship between maternal anxiety and child temperament (i.e., negative affectivity, surgency, and effortful control) through the mindful parenting of mothers. Mothers (N = 225) self-reported their anxiety, mindful parenting use, and the temperament of their old infants (aged 4–18 months). First, the reliability and validity results showed that the infant version of the Interpersonal Mindful Parenting questionnaire was a good tool for the assessment of mindful parenting among parents with infants. The five-factor structure of the questionnaire was confirmed; it involved self-regulation in the parenting relationship, listening with full attention, emotional awareness of the child, compassion for the child, and non-judgmental acceptance of parenting behavior. Correlational analyses showed that maternal anxiety was related to negative affectivity and effortful control in infants. Furthermore, mediational analyses indicated that the relation between maternal anxiety and infant negative affectivity was mediated by self-regulation in parenting and the emotional awareness of the child. In addition, the relation between maternal anxiety and infant effortful control was mediated by compassion for the child and listening with full attention. These results contribute to knowledge about the relation between maternal anxiety and child temperament, which may increase the risk of psychological symptoms. The results of this study suggest that promoting mindful parenting skills may be beneficial for affectivity and effortful control in infantsen
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by the Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities of the Spanish Government (PID2019-106162GA-I00) and the Basque Country Government (IT1532-22)en
dc.identifier.citationHoyo-Bilbao, J., & Orue, I. (2024). Relationship between maternal anxiety and infants’ temperament: the mediating role of mindful parenting. Infant Behavior and Development, 75. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.INFBEH.2024.101931
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/J.INFBEH.2024.101931
dc.identifier.eissn1934-8800
dc.identifier.issn0163-6383
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/2624
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd
dc.rights© 2024 The Author(s)
dc.subject.otherInfant
dc.subject.otherInfant temperament
dc.subject.otherInterpersonal Mindful Parenting questionnaire
dc.subject.otherMaternal anxiety
dc.subject.otherMindful parenting
dc.titleRelationship between maternal anxiety and infants’ temperament: the mediating role of mindful parentingen
dc.typejournal article
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
oaire.citation.titleInfant Behavior and Development
oaire.citation.volume75
oaire.licenseConditionhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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