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The Effect of Maternal Trait Mindfulness on Preschoolers’ Social Competence: The Chain-Mediating Role of Maternal Self-Control and Problematic Social Media Use

The impact of maternal trait mindfulness on the development of preschoolers’ social competence is receiving increasing attention from researchers. However, the mediating mechanisms that link maternal mindfulness to preschoolers’ social competence are still not well understood. This study examined th...

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Autores principales: Han, Jinxia, Feng, Shuo, Wang, Ziming, He, Jingyu, Quan, Hehong, Li, Chun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10604749/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37887455
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs13100805
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author Han, Jinxia
Feng, Shuo
Wang, Ziming
He, Jingyu
Quan, Hehong
Li, Chun
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Feng, Shuo
Wang, Ziming
He, Jingyu
Quan, Hehong
Li, Chun
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description The impact of maternal trait mindfulness on the development of preschoolers’ social competence is receiving increasing attention from researchers. However, the mediating mechanisms that link maternal mindfulness to preschoolers’ social competence are still not well understood. This study examined the mediating effect of maternal self-control and problematic social media use on the association between maternal trait mindfulness and preschoolers’ social competence. We administered 407 mothers of preschoolers in China a questionnaire to assess their trait mindfulness, self-control, problematic social media use, and the degree of social competence of their children. After controlling for demographic variables, the results showed that (1) Maternal trait mindfulness was positively related to preschoolers’ social competence; (2) Maternal self-control and problematic social media use independently mediated the relationship between maternal trait mindfulness and preschoolers’ social competence; and (3) Maternal self-control and problematic social media use play a chain-mediating role between maternal trait mindfulness and preschoolers’ social competence. These findings have enhanced our understanding of how maternal trait mindfulness influences preschoolers’ social competence and holds important implications for interventions aimed at enhancing preschoolers’ social competence.
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spelling pubmed-106047492023-10-28 The Effect of Maternal Trait Mindfulness on Preschoolers’ Social Competence: The Chain-Mediating Role of Maternal Self-Control and Problematic Social Media Use Han, Jinxia Feng, Shuo Wang, Ziming He, Jingyu Quan, Hehong Li, Chun Behav Sci (Basel) Article The impact of maternal trait mindfulness on the development of preschoolers’ social competence is receiving increasing attention from researchers. However, the mediating mechanisms that link maternal mindfulness to preschoolers’ social competence are still not well understood. This study examined the mediating effect of maternal self-control and problematic social media use on the association between maternal trait mindfulness and preschoolers’ social competence. We administered 407 mothers of preschoolers in China a questionnaire to assess their trait mindfulness, self-control, problematic social media use, and the degree of social competence of their children. After controlling for demographic variables, the results showed that (1) Maternal trait mindfulness was positively related to preschoolers’ social competence; (2) Maternal self-control and problematic social media use independently mediated the relationship between maternal trait mindfulness and preschoolers’ social competence; and (3) Maternal self-control and problematic social media use play a chain-mediating role between maternal trait mindfulness and preschoolers’ social competence. These findings have enhanced our understanding of how maternal trait mindfulness influences preschoolers’ social competence and holds important implications for interventions aimed at enhancing preschoolers’ social competence. MDPI 2023-09-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10604749/ /pubmed/37887455 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs13100805 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Han, Jinxia
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The Effect of Maternal Trait Mindfulness on Preschoolers’ Social Competence: The Chain-Mediating Role of Maternal Self-Control and Problematic Social Media Use
title The Effect of Maternal Trait Mindfulness on Preschoolers’ Social Competence: The Chain-Mediating Role of Maternal Self-Control and Problematic Social Media Use
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title_fullStr The Effect of Maternal Trait Mindfulness on Preschoolers’ Social Competence: The Chain-Mediating Role of Maternal Self-Control and Problematic Social Media Use
title_full_unstemmed The Effect of Maternal Trait Mindfulness on Preschoolers’ Social Competence: The Chain-Mediating Role of Maternal Self-Control and Problematic Social Media Use
title_short The Effect of Maternal Trait Mindfulness on Preschoolers’ Social Competence: The Chain-Mediating Role of Maternal Self-Control and Problematic Social Media Use
title_sort effect of maternal trait mindfulness on preschoolers’ social competence: the chain-mediating role of maternal self-control and problematic social media use
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10604749/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37887455
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs13100805
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