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Relational savoring intervention: Positive impacts for mothers and evidence of cultural compatibility for Latinas.

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: = 20.93 months) on outcomes that were assessed immediately postintervention (positive emotion, closeness to child) and at a 3-month follow-up visit (parenting sensitivity, reflective functioning [RF], savoring uptake, and parenting wellness). Compared with mothers assigned to the PS condition, mothers in the RS condition had greater immediate response to the intervention (greater increases in positive emotions [gratitude, pride], closeness to their child) as well as greater increase in sensitivity to toddlers' cues at the three-month follow-up. Neither RS nor PS increased overall parenting wellness at the three-month follow-up. Latina mothers (but not non-Latina mothers) in the RS condition had higher RF and greater savoring uptake than Latina mothers in the PS condition at follow-up. Findings provide preliminary evidence of the efficacy of RS in modifying therapeutic targets and suggest evidence of the cultural congruence of RS for Latina mothers. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

Source: Emotion

DOI: 10.1037/emo0001102

Authors: Jessica L. Borelli, Margaret L. Kerr, Patricia A. Smiley, Hannah F. Rasmussen, Hannah K. Hecht, Belinda Campos

Institutions: University of California, Irvine, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Pomona College, University of Southern California

Language: English

Topic: Attachment and Relationship Dynamics

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: National Science Foundation, American Psychoanalytic Association, Pomona College