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Effects of a Mindful Parenting Workshop for Parents of Adolescents and Young Adults Following Social Unrest in Hong Kong
OBJECTIVES: The social unrest that began in Hong Kong in 2019 became a threat to public mental health, such as for depression and post-traumatic stress disorders. A supportive family environment is the most effective protective factor for mental health problems for young people who are exposed to co...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8636787/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34873419 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12671-021-01790-7 |
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author | Lo, Herman Hay Ming Lau, Elsa Nga Sze Tam, Cherry Hiu Lin Ngai, So Wa Chan, Sunny Ho Wan Leung, Bobby Fook Hin Wong, Emma Ting Wong, Elisabeth Wai Yin Wong, Gloria Oi Chi Cho, Wan Chi Tsang, Alfert Wai Kiu Singh, Nirbhay N. |
author_facet | Lo, Herman Hay Ming Lau, Elsa Nga Sze Tam, Cherry Hiu Lin Ngai, So Wa Chan, Sunny Ho Wan Leung, Bobby Fook Hin Wong, Emma Ting Wong, Elisabeth Wai Yin Wong, Gloria Oi Chi Cho, Wan Chi Tsang, Alfert Wai Kiu Singh, Nirbhay N. |
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description | OBJECTIVES: The social unrest that began in Hong Kong in 2019 became a threat to public mental health, such as for depression and post-traumatic stress disorders. A supportive family environment is the most effective protective factor for mental health problems for young people who are exposed to conflict and violence. This study investigated the outcomes of a brief mindful parenting workshop on parent mental health and family functioning. METHODS: Using a randomized controlled trial design, 54 parents of adolescents and young adults were randomized into intervention group and waitlist control group. Depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress symptoms, negative emotions, family functioning, and family conflicts were measured at baseline (pretest), following training, and at 3-month follow-up. RESULTS: We found a significant improvement in family functioning among parents in the intervention group when compared to those parents in the control group (F [1, 51] = 4.41, p = .04). When we further controlled the child-initiated physical conflict as covariate, a significant reduction of self-rated levels of depressive symptoms was found in the parents from the intervention group when compared to the parents in the control group (F [1, 49] = 5.14, p = .03). CONCLUSIONS: We found preliminary evidence that a brief mindful parenting workshop can strengthen parent and family mental health at times of social unrest. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04427683). |
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spelling | pubmed-86367872021-12-02 Effects of a Mindful Parenting Workshop for Parents of Adolescents and Young Adults Following Social Unrest in Hong Kong Lo, Herman Hay Ming Lau, Elsa Nga Sze Tam, Cherry Hiu Lin Ngai, So Wa Chan, Sunny Ho Wan Leung, Bobby Fook Hin Wong, Emma Ting Wong, Elisabeth Wai Yin Wong, Gloria Oi Chi Cho, Wan Chi Tsang, Alfert Wai Kiu Singh, Nirbhay N. Mindfulness (N Y) Original Paper OBJECTIVES: The social unrest that began in Hong Kong in 2019 became a threat to public mental health, such as for depression and post-traumatic stress disorders. A supportive family environment is the most effective protective factor for mental health problems for young people who are exposed to conflict and violence. This study investigated the outcomes of a brief mindful parenting workshop on parent mental health and family functioning. METHODS: Using a randomized controlled trial design, 54 parents of adolescents and young adults were randomized into intervention group and waitlist control group. Depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress symptoms, negative emotions, family functioning, and family conflicts were measured at baseline (pretest), following training, and at 3-month follow-up. RESULTS: We found a significant improvement in family functioning among parents in the intervention group when compared to those parents in the control group (F [1, 51] = 4.41, p = .04). When we further controlled the child-initiated physical conflict as covariate, a significant reduction of self-rated levels of depressive symptoms was found in the parents from the intervention group when compared to the parents in the control group (F [1, 49] = 5.14, p = .03). CONCLUSIONS: We found preliminary evidence that a brief mindful parenting workshop can strengthen parent and family mental health at times of social unrest. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04427683). Springer US 2021-12-02 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8636787/ /pubmed/34873419 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12671-021-01790-7 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2021, corrected publication 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Lo, Herman Hay Ming Lau, Elsa Nga Sze Tam, Cherry Hiu Lin Ngai, So Wa Chan, Sunny Ho Wan Leung, Bobby Fook Hin Wong, Emma Ting Wong, Elisabeth Wai Yin Wong, Gloria Oi Chi Cho, Wan Chi Tsang, Alfert Wai Kiu Singh, Nirbhay N. Effects of a Mindful Parenting Workshop for Parents of Adolescents and Young Adults Following Social Unrest in Hong Kong |
title | Effects of a Mindful Parenting Workshop for Parents of Adolescents and Young Adults Following Social Unrest in Hong Kong |
title_full | Effects of a Mindful Parenting Workshop for Parents of Adolescents and Young Adults Following Social Unrest in Hong Kong |
title_fullStr | Effects of a Mindful Parenting Workshop for Parents of Adolescents and Young Adults Following Social Unrest in Hong Kong |
title_full_unstemmed | Effects of a Mindful Parenting Workshop for Parents of Adolescents and Young Adults Following Social Unrest in Hong Kong |
title_short | Effects of a Mindful Parenting Workshop for Parents of Adolescents and Young Adults Following Social Unrest in Hong Kong |
title_sort | effects of a mindful parenting workshop for parents of adolescents and young adults following social unrest in hong kong |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8636787/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34873419 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12671-021-01790-7 |
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