Parental Reflective Capacities: A Scoping Review of Mindful Parenting and Parental Reflective Functioning.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Two key parental reflective capacities-mindful parenting (MP) and parental reflective functioning (PRF) - have been shown to promote healthy parent-child relationships through parents' increased sensitivity and responsiveness to their children's needs in spite of parenting stressors. Despite the theoretical overlap between these two constructs, researchers have continued to examine them independently. Therefore, the purpose of this scoping review was to review the overlapping and distinctive outcomes and correlates in the empirical MP and PRF literatures.

Method

A comprehensive literature search across the MP and PRF literature for studies published from 2005 through early 2020 (pre-COVID-19 pandemic) was conducted.

Results

A review of 301 articles (n

SUBMITTER: Huynh T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11426413 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature