Pilot Project, Year 6
Mindfulness-based Intervention for Latina Mothers who Drink Alcohol to Cope
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly increased parenting stress and worsened parent well-being. There has also been a significant increase in alcohol consumption among parents during the COVID-19 pandemic. This increase in parenting stress has especially affected low-income racial/ethnic minoritized parents, including Latina mothers. The proposed study will test the central hypothesis that a culturally adapted version of the Parenting Mindfully program will reduce parent stress and parent drinking to cope behaviors. The proposed study fills a significant gap in the literature related to the efficacy of culturally adapted mindfulness-based interventions.
Study aims
- Modify the Parenting Mindfully intervention to provide culturally relevant content designed to address drinking-to-cope behaviors among Latina mothers in Arizona and
- Test the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary impact of the adapted MBI among Latina mothers living in Arizona who drink alcohol to cope.
This study will use a wait-list condition randomized controlled trial to test acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy of the culturally adapted Parenting Mindfully program at reducing stress and drinking to cope behaviors among Latina mothers. The proposed research directly targets parent stress to increase stress-coping skills among parents and decrease drinking-to-cope behaviors. The long-term goal of this line of research is to prevent alcohol use disorders among an at-risk population, which has the potential to reduce the intergenerational effects of risky drinking passed from parents to children.
Funding: The study is funded by NIMHD/NIH 5U54MD012388
About the investigators
Tara Bautista, PhD
Nanette Lopez
Publications Accordion Closed
- Bautista, T. G.*, Roman, G.*, Khan, M., Lee, M. †, Sahbaz, S., Duthely, L. M., Knippenberg, A. †, Macias Burgos, M.†, Davidson, A. †, Scaramutti, C., Gabrilove, J., Pusek, S., Mehta, D., Bredella, M. A. (accepted). What is Well-Being? A Scoping Review of the Conceptual and Operational Definitions of Well-Being. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 7: e227,1–12. doi: 10.1017/cts.2023.648
- Bautista, T. G., Fogelman, N., Lartigue, S. †, Silverman, W. K., Jastreboff, A. M., Sinha, R. (2023). Association between parenting stress and fast-food consumption among parents and children. Eating Behaviors, 101724. doi.10.1016/j.eatbeh.2023.101724
- Bautista, T. G. & Amaro, H. (2022). Dispositional mindfulness and trauma severity predict uptake of mindfulness practice among women in treatment for substance use disorder. Journal of Substance Use, 1-7. doi: 10.1080/14659891.2022.2039970
- Bautista, T. G., Cash, T., Meyerhoefer, T. †, & Pipe, T. B. (2022). Equitable Mindfulness: The practice of mindfulness for all. Journal of Community Psychology, 50(7), 3141-3155. doi: 10.1002/jcop.22821
- Amaro, H., Sanchez, M., Bautista, T., & Cox, R. (2021). Social vulnerabilities for substance use: Stressors, socially toxic environments, and discrimination and racism. Neuropharmacology, 188, 108518. doi.10.1016/j.neuropharm.2021.108518
- Bautista, T., James, D. & Amaro, H. (2019). Acceptability of mindfulness-based intervention for substance use disorder: A systematic review. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 35, 201-207, doi:10.1016/j.ctcp.2019.02.012.
Conferences Accordion Closed
- Bautista, T. G., Fogelman, N., & Sinha, R. (2022, April). Parents using alcohol to cope with stress and child behavioral concerns. Oral Presentation at the Association for Clinical and Translational Science Association, Chicago, IL.
- Bautista, T. G. & Amaro, H. (2020, June). Predictors of Participant Acceptability of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Women in Substance Use Disorder Treatment. Oral presentation at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Hollywood, FL.
- Davidson, A. C. , Cruz-Carrillo, Y. , Macias Burgos, M. A. , Amaro, H., & Bautista, T. (2023, Sept.). Mixed methods analysis of satisfaction among women with trauma symptomology and SUD in a mindfulness intervention. Poster presented at the National Hispanic Science Network, Washington, DC.