Effects of Mindful Emotion Regulation on Parents' Loneliness and Social Support: A Longitudinal Study During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced unprecedented challenges and demands for parents or caregivers of children who experienced disruptions in social support and feelings of isolation. Mindful emotion regulation may be a resilient factor for parents' psychosocial outcomes. Mindful emotion regulation refers to individuals' inherent capacities to regulate emotions mindfully, i.e., through paying attention to one's experiences in the present moment nonjudgmentally. Based on the theoretical and empirical literature associating mindful emotion regulation with loneliness and perceived social support, the current study tested the effects of mindful emotion regulation on later changes in perceived social support and loneliness in U.S. parents during the pandemic. Participants were 147 parents/care

SUBMITTER: Zhang N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11452146 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature