Psychological Intervention for Parent-child Relationship and Couple Relationship Under COVID-19 in China

Parent-child Relationship and Couple Relationship Under COVID-19 in China Clinical Trial

Official title:

Psychological Intervention for Parent-child Relationship and Couple Relationship Under COVID-19 in China

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04463433
• Other study ID #: bnulxy
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: January 31, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: July 2020
• Source: Beijing Normal University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Under the COVID-19, individuals who were home Quarantine experienced new challenges on their parent-child relationship and couple relationship. The current project aimed to provide psychological interventions for both parents and couples in order to improving their relationship. The online intervention of group intervention and individual intervention are going to be conducted. The relationship between parent-child, couples and emotion regulation will be tested.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 300
• Est. completion date: January 31, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 30 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Parents of students in primary and secondary school.

2. Parents must had primary school education or above.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Parents cannot speak or read Chinese.

2. Parents have severe mental or physical illness.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Parent-child Relationship and Couple Relationship Under COVID-19 in China

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Cognitive and behavioral intervention.
Two hours group sessions including mindfulness and emotion regulation. The practice of mindfulness is taught to parents to become aware of their thoughts and emotion on the present moment. The behavioral intervention has parents develop an Positive Time-out for dealing with conflict and negativity, using strategies to down-regulate their own negative emotions.
• Problem-solving and relationship improvement intervention.
Two hours group sessions including problem-solving and improving marital relationship . In the problem-solving part, the knowledge and techniques of problem-solving are taught to couple. relationship improvement part which promote the couple relationship by being aware of their own and their partner's deep-seated needs and communicating in a congruent way.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
China	Beijing Normal University	Beijing	Beijing

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Beijing Normal University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Parent-child conflict	The efficacy of parent-child conflict resolution will be assessed by the conflict subscale of the Conflict in Parent-Child Relationships. Scoring is based on a 5-point Likert scale with higher total scores indicate high level of conflict in the parent - child relationship.	2 weeks
Primary	Parent-child communication	The efficacy of communication, will be assessed by the family communication scale. Scoring is based on a 5-point Likert scale with regard to the quality of parent-child interactions. Higher total scores on individual and combined subscales indicate more positive parent-child interactions.	2 weeks
Primary	Parent-child Relationship	The efficacy of parent-child relationship intervention will be assessed by the parent-child relationship scale. Higher total scores indicate higher quality of parent-child relationship.	2 weeks
Primary	Couple Relationship Quality	The efficacy of Couple Relationship Intervention will be assessed by the quality of marriage index. Higher total scores indicate higher quality of couple relationship.	2 weeks
Primary	Marital Stability	The efficacy of Couple Relationship Intervention will be assessed by the stability of marriage scale-short form. Higher total scores indicate higher stability of couple relationship.	2 weeks