Mindfulness-based Intervention and Young Children's Screen Time
ConditionScreen Time Exposure
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age2+
SponsorHong Kong Metropolitan University
About this trial
This research proposal aims to explore the effectiveness of the mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) on reducing young children's screen time (ST) and caring parents' psychological and social issues in Hong Kong.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
parent-child dyads resident in Hong Kong;
child being between 2 and 6- year; and
child with normal intellectual ability.
Disqualifiers
children with major developmental problems, history of domestic violence, drug abuse, or mental illness in the family;
being unable to communicate and understand Cantonese as the intervention will be conducted in Cantonese; and
parent-child dyads previous participation in mindfulness-based training for less than 6 months.
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Mindfulness-based intervention on parent empowerment in reducing children's screen time (MORE)
BehavioralParticipants will receive a 6-week MORE group training by integration of mindfulness-based component into a modified Hands-on Parent Empowerment-20 (HOPE-20) programme.
Treatment groups
60 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Mindfulness-based intervention on parent empowerment in reducing children's screen time (MORE)Experimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Waistlist control groupNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Screen time exposure - frequency
Children's screen time exposure including frequency will be record in terms of times per week
Time frame
Baseline, week 6, week 182
Screen time exposure - duration
Duration will be record in terms of minutes
Time frame
Baseline, week 6, week 183
Screen time exposure - nature and content
Screen time exposure, nature, and content require the parent to provide the types and names of the shows watched by their young children.
Time frame
Baseline, week 6, week 184
Screen time exposure - viewing behavior
The parents are required to provide the information on young children's viewing behavior, including singing, role play, discussing issues or discussing the films and shows by selecting from the questionnaire.
Time frame
Baseline, week 6, week 18Secondary outcomes
1
Change in children disruptive behavior
The Eyberg Child Behaviour Inventory is a 36-item questionnaire that consists of two subscales: the intensity scale and the problem scale. The intensity scale assesses the common child behavior problems frequency from 1 to 7 (1 = "never", 7 = "always"), and the problem scale assesses the extent to which the parents find the troublesome behavior in "yes" or "no". The lowest score is 36, and the highest score is 252. Higher scores indicate more child behavior problems.
Time frame
Baseline, week 6, week 182
Change in parent-child relationships
The Parenting Sense of Competence Scale is a 6-point Likert scale with 15-item. Each item is scored from 1 to 6 (1 = "strongly disagree", 6 = "strongly agree"), the lowest score is 15, and the highest score is 90. A higher score represents a better parent-child relationship
Time frame
Baseline, week 6, week 18Other outcomes
1
Feasibility of the study - recruitment and retention rate
Recruitment and retention rates will be recorded as a percentage.
Time frame
week 6, week 182
Feasibility of the study - attendance rates
Attendance rates are defined as the number of training sessions a subject has attended.
Time frame
week 6, week 183
Feasibility of the study - time required to recruit to target sample size
The time required to recruit to target sample size will be record in terms of week
Time frame
week 6, week 184
Feasibility of the study - adverse events
Adverse events will be recorded in terms of narrative style.
Time frame
week 6, week 18Sponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov