Actively Recruiting
Nonviolent Communication for Parents
Led by Hong Kong Metropolitan University · Updated on 2025-09-17
172
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
60 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This randomised controlled trial (RCT) aims to evaluate the effectiveness of face-to-face Nonviolent Communication (NVC) intervention in improving parents' mental well-being and NVC skills, reducing parenting stress, depression and anxiety symptoms, and child emotional and behavioural problems. A total of 172 parents with primary-school-age children will be recruited and randomly assigned to an intervention group or a waitlist control group. The intervention group will receive six weekly 1.5-hour face-to-face NVC training sessions delivered by trained social workers. Five to ten social workers will be trained by professional NVC trainers through a train-the-trainer workshop, including three sessions. Each social worker will be assessed before (TTT1), after (TTT2) the workshops and 10 months (TTT3). Assessments for participants will be conducted at baseline (T1), immediately post-intervention (T2), and at three-month follow-up (T3). After completing the assessments, the waitlist control group will receive the same sessions. Qualitative interviews will be conducted to explore participants' experiences and perceptions of NVC.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Nonviolent Communication for Parents
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Parents aged 24 to 59 years with children of primary school age
- Mild to severe depressive symptoms (score >5 on the Patient Health Questionnaire-9) and/or mild to severe anxiety symptoms (score >5 on the General Anxiety Disorder-7)
- Hong Kong residents who can understand Cantonese
You will not qualify if you...
- Currently under psychiatric treatment or psychotherapy groups and classified as unstable cases by social workers
- Participating in other related parenting programmes
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
The Jockey Club Institute of Healthcare of Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
G
Grace Yuying Sun, PhD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
2
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