First Things First: Parent Psychological Flexibility and Self-Compassion During COVID-19

Lisa W Coyne; Evelyn R Gould; Mikala Grimaldi; Kelly G Wilson; Gabriel Baffuto; Anthony Biglan

doi:10.1007/s40617-020-00435-w

First Things First: Parent Psychological Flexibility and Self-Compassion During COVID-19

Behav Anal Pract. 2020 May 6;14(4):1092-1098. doi: 10.1007/s40617-020-00435-w. eCollection 2021 Dec.

Authors

Lisa W Coyne¹, Evelyn R Gould¹, Mikala Grimaldi², Kelly G Wilson³, Gabriel Baffuto⁴, Anthony Biglan⁵

Affiliations

¹ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA.
² McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA USA.
³ University of Mississippi, Oxford, MI USA.
⁴ University of Scranton, Scranton, PA USA.
⁵ Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, OR USA.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about significant stress and anxiety for many parents around the world. Psychological flexibility and self-care are fundamental aspects of psychological health. For parents, shaping these processes may help promote family nurturance, support children's prosocial behavior, and provide effective and consistent use of evidence-based parenting "kernels." The goal of this article is to provide practitioners with evidence-based tools that will support psychological flexibility, self-care, and positive parenting behaviors in caregivers during COVID-19 and beyond.

Keywords: Acceptance and commitment training; COVID-19; Kernels; Parenting; Self-care; Self-compassion; psychological flexibility; values.

Publication types

Review