title: Pilot study to gauge acceptability of a mindfulness-based, family-focused preventive intervention.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. duncanla@ocim.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Larissa G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.forename: J Douglas
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Coatsworth
authors.forename: Mark T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Greenberg
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001364:Awareness; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control
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