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Psychological Intervention for Child Mental Health Based on Parental Reflective Functioning to Enhance Positive Parenting
Led by University of Minho · Updated on 2025-04-08
60
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
255 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University of Minho
Lead Sponsor
F
Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
In this study we aim to verify the effectiveness of a psychological intervention for preschool children, 3 to 6 years of age, with psychological problems or disorders, arising from adversity, Skills4Parenting+. Skills4Parenting+, with 6 to 8 weekly sessions, aims to treat the child's psychological problems or disorders, based on parental reflective functioning, to activate and develop parents' positive parenting skills, in response to situations of adversity. To assess the effectiveness, we plan to conduct an a simple two-arm RCT study, where children are randomly allocated to an immediate intervention group (IIG) or a delayed intervention group (DIG). The IIG will be assessed at 3 time-points: Time 0 (pre-test: before the 1st session); Time 1 (post-test: after the last session) and Time 2 (follow-up: 8 weeks after the last session). The DIG will be assessed at 4 time-points: Time 0 (pre-test 1: before the 1st session); Time 0+ (pre-test 2: 8 weeks after the 1st session); Time 1 (post-test: after the last session) and Time 2 (follow up: 8 weeks after the last session). A time period of 8 weeks will be maintained between each time point. In this study, we expect the (1) psychological intervention to significantly diminish the child's psychological problems or disorders (from pretest to posttest); (2) parental reflective functioning will mediate the effect of the psychological intervention on child's psychological problems or disorders; (3) the children from IIG will demonstrate a significant improvement in their mental health, in comparison to the children from the DIG; and (4) for the effects of the psychological intervention (i.e., improvement in the child's mental health) to be maintained in the medium-term (from posttest to follow-up).
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Psychological Intervention for Child Mental Health Based on Parental Reflective Functioning to Enhance Positive Parenting
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age between 3 and 6 years old, inclusive
- Score of 16 or higher in the Strengths & Difficulties Questionnaire total scale
- Score of 60 or higher on the Internalizing and/or Externalizing Scale of the Child Behavior Checklist or parents report high pandemic impact
- Parental informed consent and commitment to the psychological intervention
- Parent is the child's legal guardian
You will not qualify if you...
- Already receiving psychological intervention
- Psychological problems not related to adversity or unsuitable for this intervention (e.g., autism spectrum disorder, intellectual development disorders, domestic violence, neglect, or abuse prior to the adversity)
- Does not speak or understand Portuguese
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
University of Minho
Braga, Braga District, Portugal, 4710-057
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Research Team
B
Bárbara Figueiredo
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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