Online Emotion Regulation and Parenting Program for Parents of Children Aged 2-6 Years
Effectiveness of an Online Emotion Regulation and Parenting Program for Parents of Children Aged 2-6 Years: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study Overview
Status
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
This study is a randomized controlled trial evaluating an online parent-focused intervention that integrates emotion regulation strategies with parenting skills for parents of children aged 2-6 years.
Eligible parents will complete a baseline assessment before being randomly allocated to either the intervention group or the control group. Participants assigned to the intervention group will receive an online micro-learning program consisting of brief sessions focused on parent emotion regulation, understanding and responding to children's negative emotions, and adaptive parenting strategies. Participants in the control group will not receive the intervention during the initial study period.
Outcome assessments will examine changes in parents' emotion regulation difficulties, their acceptance of children's negative emotions, their perceived ability to respond adaptively to children's negative emotions, and children's socio-emotional and behavioral outcomes. Outcomes will be compared between the intervention and control groups over the study period.
Study Type
Enrollment (Estimated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Liuzhi Hong
- Phone Number: 62366974
- Email: u3010946@connect.hku.hk
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Patrick Ip
- Phone Number: 22554090
- Email: patricip@hku.hk
Study Locations
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Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Recruiting
- The University of Hong Kong
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Contact:
- Liuzhi Hong
- Phone Number: 62366974
- Email: u3010946@connect.hku.hk
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Adult
- Older Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Parent aged 18 years or older
- A parent or primary caregiver of children aged 2-6 years
- Able to read and understand Chinese
- Willing to provide informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Unable to provide informed consent.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Other
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Intervention group
Participants assigned to this group will receive the online parent emotion regulation and parenting program.
The program consists of eight brief online micro-learning sessions designed to support parents in managing their emotions and responding adaptively to their children's emotional and behavioral needs.
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An online parent-focused program consisting of eight brief micro-learning sessions.
The program provides strategies to help parents manage their emotional responses, understand and accept their negative emotions, and respond more adaptively to children's emotional and behavioral needs.
Each session lasts approximately 5-8 minutes and is delivered online.
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No Intervention: Wait-list Control Group
Participants assigned to this group will not receive the intervention during the initial study period and will be offered access to the online program after completion of the post-intervention assessment.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change From Baseline in Parent Emotion Regulation Difficulties Assessed by the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale-16 (DERS-16)
Time Frame: Baseline and 2 months after randomization
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Parent emotion regulation difficulties will be assessed using the 16-item Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS-16).
Items are rated on a 5-point scale, with total scores ranging from 16 to 80. Higher scores indicate greater difficulties in emotion regulation.
Change from baseline will be compared between the intervention and control groups.
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Baseline and 2 months after randomization
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Estimated)
Primary Completion (Estimated)
Study Completion (Estimated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Other Study ID Numbers
- UW 25-203
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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