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July 26, 2026Humanities and Social Sciences CommunicationsOpen Access

Mindfulness- and compassion-based interventions for parental burnout: Testing mediators and moderators in a randomized controlled trial among mothers of preschoolers

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YZYuan ZhengBeijing Normal UniversityXCXiaomin ChangBeijing Normal UniversityMZM Q ZhangNational Sun Yat-sen University

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Overview

Randomized trial examines impact of mindfulness and compassion interventions on parental burnout in mothers, suggesting potential benefits.

Key Points

  • This study aims to understand how mindfulness- and compassion-based interventions affect parental burnout in mothers.
  • Randomized controlled trial with 147 Chinese mothers of preschoolers, 73 in intervention and 74 in control group.
  • 14-day self-help online MCBI delivered over three weeks with assessments at pre-, post-intervention, and 3-month follow-up.
  • Investigated mediators and moderators including parenting stress, mindful parenting, and self-compassion.
  • Intervention reduced parental burnout and parenting stress, and improved self-compassion (small to medium effect sizes).
  • Parenting stress, mindful parenting, and self-compassion mediated the intervention’s effects on parental burnout.
  • Moderate to high involvement in parenting enhanced intervention benefits, while low involvement showed limited improvement.

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Zheng et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a65a72fd3aea3239cd781f8https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-026-08457-5
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