The Effects of Dyadic Parent-child Self-compassion Program on Children' Psychological Well-being: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

February 4, 2024 updated by: Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Suboptimal psychological well-being in children can have substantial negative effects on their physical health, academic performance, and lifelong health. Preliminary evidence supports that self-compassion have positive impacts on psychological well-being in elderly, adults, and adolescents, but there is apparently lack of this kind of evidence in children. Involvement of parents in the program potentially optimize the effects, this study thus designs a dyadic parent-child self-compassion program (DPC-SC) and aim to examine its effects on children's psychological well-being.

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

30

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria: (Child)

  • Study in Primary three or four.
  • Can communicate in Cantonese.

Exclusion Criteria: (Child)

  • Have emotional dysregulation
  • Have past history of mental illness
  • Recently experience trauma
  • Are in an acute health crisis

Inclusion Criteria: (Parents)

  • Is the primary caretaker of the children
  • Is willing to interact and do the practices with their children
  • Can communicate in Cantonese
  • Commit to attend all sessions

Exclusion Criteria: (Parents)

  • Have emotional dysregulation
  • Have past history of mental illness
  • Recently experience trauma
  • Are in an acute health crisis

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Experimental: Intervention group
Dyadic parent-child self-compassion program will be provided.
Behavioral: Self-compassion
The dyadic parent-child self-compassion program is designed by the research team and validated by a panel of experts. It includes 5 weekly sessions. Each session lasts for 60 minutes. The dyads will be guided to do self-compassion practices (e.g. affectionate breathing, compassionate letters to oneself etc). Didactic topics, inquiry, and home practices are also involved.
No Intervention: Waitlist control group
Participants in the control group will be instructed to live their lives as usual, no intervention will be imposed during study period. They will be provided with the program after the study.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Psychological well-being (child)
Time Frame: Baseline, immediately after intervention
Chinese version of the Psychological Well-Being Scale (C-PWBS)
Baseline, immediately after intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Perceived stress levels (Child)
Time Frame: Baseline, immediately after intervention
Chinese version of the 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10)
Baseline, immediately after intervention
Self-compassion levels (Child)
Time Frame: Baseline, immediately after intervention
Chinese version of the Self-Compassion Scale for Youth (SCS-Y)
Baseline, immediately after intervention
Self-compassion levels (parents)
Time Frame: Baseline, immediately after intervention
Chinese version of the self-compassion scale (SCS)
Baseline, immediately after intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Hong Kong Metropolitan University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Wai Man Sin, MN, Hong Kong Metropolitan University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

March 1, 2024

Primary Completion (Estimated)

September 1, 2024

Study Completion (Estimated)

September 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 4, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 4, 2024

First Posted (Estimated)

February 13, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

February 13, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 4, 2024

Last Verified

February 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • HE-SF2022/03

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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