TY - JOUR
T1 - Pilot study to gauge acceptability of a mindfulness-based, family-focused preventive Intervention
AU - Duncan, Larissa G.
AU - Coatsworth, J. Douglas
AU - Greenberg, Mark T.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This work was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (T32 DA 017629) and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (T32 AT 003997) through fellowships to the first author. Funding for the pilot study was provided by the Penn State Children, Youth, and Families Consortium. We thank the central Pennsylvania families who participated in this study for their helpful feedback. Special thanks to Virginia Molgaard and Richard Spoth for their support of this adaptation of SFP, Elaine Berrena for her role as co-facilitator of the mindfulness-enhanced parenting sessions, and Kimberly Cassidy for her work as CTC prevention coordinator. Portions of this paper were presented at the Society for Prevention Research annual meeting held in May 2007 in Washington, D.C.
PY - 2009/9
Y1 - 2009/9
N2 - The purpose of the present study was to conduct a test of acceptability of a new model for family-focused drug prevention programs for families of early adolescents. An existing evidence-based behavioral intervention, the Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10-14 (SFP), was adapted to include concepts and activities related to mindfulness and mindful parenting (an extension of mindfulness to the interpersonal domain of parent-child relationships). The foundation for this innovative intervention approach stems from research on the effects of mind-body treatments involving mindfulness meditation and the function of stress and coping in relation to parenting and parent well-being. One group of families participated in a seven-week pilot of this mindfulness-enhanced version of SFP. Results of a mixed-method implementation evaluation suggest that the new intervention activities were generally feasible to deliver, acceptable to participants, and perceived to yield positive benefits for family functioning and parent psychological well-being. The next phase of this research will involve curriculum refinement based upon results of this initial study, and a larger pilot efficacy trial will be conducted.
AB - The purpose of the present study was to conduct a test of acceptability of a new model for family-focused drug prevention programs for families of early adolescents. An existing evidence-based behavioral intervention, the Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10-14 (SFP), was adapted to include concepts and activities related to mindfulness and mindful parenting (an extension of mindfulness to the interpersonal domain of parent-child relationships). The foundation for this innovative intervention approach stems from research on the effects of mind-body treatments involving mindfulness meditation and the function of stress and coping in relation to parenting and parent well-being. One group of families participated in a seven-week pilot of this mindfulness-enhanced version of SFP. Results of a mixed-method implementation evaluation suggest that the new intervention activities were generally feasible to deliver, acceptable to participants, and perceived to yield positive benefits for family functioning and parent psychological well-being. The next phase of this research will involve curriculum refinement based upon results of this initial study, and a larger pilot efficacy trial will be conducted.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10935-009-0185-9
DO - 10.1007/s10935-009-0185-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 19680815
AN - SCOPUS:69249165994
SN - 0278-095X
VL - 30
SP - 605
EP - 618
JO - Journal of Primary Prevention
JF - Journal of Primary Prevention
IS - 5
ER -