Examining the relationship between mindful parenting and family resilience levels

This research was conducted to analyze the relationship between the mindfulness levels of parents and the level of family resilience and the relational survey model, one of the quantitative research designs, wasused in the research. The sample of the study is the parents of 375 students who study in public and private schools in the 2022-2023 academic year. In order to collect data within the scope of the research, Personal Information Form, Mindfulness In Parenting Questionnaire and Family Resilience Scale were used. The obtained data were analyzed in the SPSS package program and independent sample t test, one Way ANOVA were used depending on the number of categories of independent variables. Bonferronni test was used to determine which group caused the significant difference between the groups. The relationship between parents' mindfulness levels and family resilience levels was analyzed with Pearson Product Moments Correlation Coefficient. According to the findings obtained as a result of the analyzes it was observed that mindfulness scores in parenting did not show a significant difference according to the variables of parents' age, parenting status, education level, family income status, child's gender, child's age, number of children and coexistence. It was determined that the family resilience levels of the parents did not show a significant difference according to the variables of being a parent, education status, family income status, gender of the child, age of the child, number of children and state of being together except for the age of the parents. When the family resilience levels of the parents are analyzed according to the age of the parents, it is seen that the family resilience level of the parents in the 31-40 age range and 41 and over age range are significantly higher than the family resilience level of the parents in the 20-30 age range. In the research a moderate positive correlation was also found between the mindfulness levels of the parents and the level of family resilience.