Utilizing Mindfulness to Increase Attachment and Parental Efficacy

The following proposal is a review of the literature on the potential benefit to utilizing mindfulness to foster secure attachment in early parent-child relationships and increase parental efficacy. Research into mindfulness has indicated beneficial results in the treatment of several psychological disorders including depression. The promising indications from mindfulness research with depression have demonstrated the potential usefulness of mindfulness for insecure attachment and parenting interventions. An ideal direction to take mindful parenting research is into preventative and early intervention stages as it has been indicated that the earlier parenting intervention and preventative measures can occur, the better outcome children will have