Theoretical Model of Mindful Coping Power: Optimizing a Cognitive Behavioral Program for High-Risk Children and Their Parents by Integrating Mindfulness.
Study Goal
The researchers aimed to develop a theoretical model integrating mindfulness into an existing cognitive behavioral intervention (Coping Power) to address reactive aggression in high-risk children and improve emotionally charged parent-child interactions.
Results Summary
The study proposed that mindfulness could positively impact the mechanisms of reactive aggression (attentional, cognitive, behavioral, and emotional dysregulation) and enhance mindful parenting by improving emotional self-regulation and presence. The model suggests mindfulness integration may optimize existing interventions for greater effectiveness.
Population
High-risk children exhibiting reactive aggression and their parents.
Effective Dosage
Not specified
Duration
Not specified
Interactions
None mentioned
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Population | Dosage | Impact | Claim # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mindful Coping Power | decrease | reactive aggression | high-risk children and their parents | - | targeting | #1 |
mindfulness | decrease | the mechanisms of reactive aggression-attentional, cognitive, behavioral, and emotional dysregulation | - | - | impacts | #2 |
Mindful parenting | increase | parents' own emotional self-regulation and being fully present with their child | parents | - | focuses on | #3 |
incorporating mindfulness into existing interventions | increase | program effects | - | - | optimizing programs and maximizing effects | #4 |
This paper describes a theoretical model of Mindful Coping Power, a preventive intervention targeting high-risk children and their parents. Mindful Coping Power integrated mindfulness into Coping Power, an evidence-based cognitive behavioral intervention. Reactive aggression is emotionally driven, impulsive, and often referred to as being "hot-blooded." It has been resistant to change, given the high level of emotional arousal and impulsive angry outbursts. Our premise is that mindfulness impacts the mechanisms of reactive aggression-attentional, cognitive, behavioral, and emotional dysregulation. Also in the model are parents who exhibit emotionally charged interactions with their child. Mindful parenting focuses on parents' own emotional self-regulation and being fully present with their child. Our model sets the stage for incorporating mindfulness into existing interventions, thereby optimizing programs and maximizing effects.