Intergenerational Associations of Resilience Among Migrant Populations and Their Children in China: The Mediating Role of Mindful Parenting and the Moderating Role of Surgency

With the advancement of urbanization in China, the population of migrant preschool children continues to grow, making their education and development a focal point of societal concern. 'Migration,' as a significant life event in the early development of preschool children, poses a series of pressures and challenges to their growth. Against this backdrop, this study focuses on resilience, a critical factor in individuals' ability to cope with adversity, and explores its intergenerational association pathways and underlying mechanisms within migrant families. Through a survey of 1347 migrant preschool children and their parents from 23 kindergartens, the study reveals the following findings: (1) parental resilience is positively correlated with children's resilience; (2) Mindful parenting mediates the relationship between parental resilience and children's resilience; (3) Surgency moderates both the direct effect of parental resilience on children's resilience and the mediating role of mindful parenting. Specifically, the positive associations among these variables are stronger for children with high surgency. These findings offer a theoretical basis for developing interventions to enhance the mental health of migrant preschool children. They emphasize the importance of enhancing parental resilience and mindful parenting skills, while also developing personalized intervention strategies based on children's temperament characteristics, thereby promoting the positive development of this population.