Mindful mamas: Black and Latina mothers' mindful parenting predicts toddlers' later social-emotional and cognitive functioning.

ABSTRACT: This study examined longitudinal associations between maternal mindful parenting and child social-emotional, behavioral, and language development. Maternal mindful parenting at 18 months was tested for associations with concurrent observed maternal responsivity and lack of punishment toward the child and as a predictor of child internalizing symptoms, externalizing symptoms, social competence and productive language 6 months later, independent of maternal depressive symptoms (a known predictor of both parenting and child outcomes). We also tested whether child negative emotionality (NE) moderated associations between mindful parenting and child outcomes. Participants (N = 316 mothers) were low-income (mean annual income = $19,024), racially and ethnically diverse mothers (48.4% Blac

SUBMITTER: Taraban L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12825944 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature