An interventional study of Tuning in to Kids in Emotional Intelligence, sponsored by University of Oslo. Active, not recruiting at 1 site in Norway. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-11-07.
Sponsored by University of Oslo · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
The current Randomised Controlled Trial study delivers and evaluate an evidence-based prevention program from Australia (Tuning in to Kids: TIK) to parent of preschool children. Reports from parents and preschool teachers are used to determine whether the program leads to universal benefits of improved wellbeing and reduced mental health difficulties for children and parents.
The study recruits approximately 250 parents of preschool children through local kindergartens to evaluate the N-TIK program as a universal and selective prevention program. The study will use a cluster randomized controlled design and comparing an intervention with a wait-list control sample. Baseline measurement (Time 1) are gathered from parents, children and teachers and include measurement of parenting, parent functioning, child emotion competence, child behavior and child kindergarten adjustment. Following baseline assessment families is allocated into Intervention or Wait-list conditions. Intervention parents attend a 6-session group parenting program where they learn to emotion coach their children and regulate their own emotions. These groups are facilitated by selected research team facilitators. Post-program, Intervention parents complete program evaluation measures (Time 2) to provide program feedback. At 12-month follow-up (Time 3) baseline assessments are repeated for Intervention and Wait-list participants with preschool teachers reporting on children's adjustment. Wait-list parents are then offered the N-TIK program delivered by community practitioners who have been trained by the project team in the intervention and have previously co-facilitated groups alongside the research group facilitators. This ensures the program can be used beyond just the research study building sustainability of the preventive intervention in the municipalities
University of Oslo is the lead sponsor of 176 studies on the registry; 23 are open to participants now.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Intervention groups receive the Tuning in to Kids parenting program
Behavioral: Tuning in to Kids
control groups have "business as usual", and then get offered the intervention program after one year follow-up assessment.
A parenting program that includes 6 group supervisions of parents, where emotion coaching and promotion of kids emotional competence are main focus.
Parent Emotion Socialization Questionnaire (PESQ)
Parent Emotion Socialization Questionnaire (PESQ) is a scale with items that are scored from 1 to 5, where 5 indicates high levels of specific parenting beliefs (i.e. emotion coaching and emotion dismissive beliefs). Change in PESQ from baseline to post intervention (up to 6 months after baseline) to 1 year follow-up measured by questionnaire reports.
Time frame: Up to 18 months
Coping with children negative emotions scale (CCNES)
Coping with children negative emotions scale (CCNES) is a scale with items that are scored from 1 to 7, where 7 indicates high levels of specific parenting behavior (i.e. supportive and nonsupportive parenting behavior). Change in CCNES from baseline to post intervention (up to 6 months after baseline) to 1 year follow-up measured by questionnaire reports.
Time frame: Uo to 18 months
Eysenck's child behavior questionnaire (ECBI)
Eysenck's child behavior questionnaire (ECBI) is a scale with items that are scored from 1 to 7, where 7 indicates high levels of behavior problems. Change in ECBI from baseline to post intervention (up to 6 months after baseline) to 1 year follow-up measured by questionnaire reports.
Time frame: Up to 18 months
Preschool anxiety scale - revised (PAS-R)
Preschool anxiety scale - revised (PAS-R) is a scale with items that are scored from 1 to 5, where higher score indicates higher levels of anxiety. Change in PAS-R from baseline to post intervention (up to 6 months after baseline) to 1 year follow-up measured by questionnaire reports.
Time frame: Up to 18 months
Affect Integration Inventory (AII)
Affect Integration Inventory (AII) is a scale with scores from 0 to 8, where 8 indicates high affect integration. Change in AII from baseline to post intervention (up to 6 months after baseline) to 1 year follow-up measured by questionnaire reports.
Time frame: Up to 18 months
Difficulties with Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)
Difficulties with Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) is a scale with scores from 1 to 5, where 5 indicates more difficulties with emotion regulation. Change in DERS from baseline to post intervention (up to 6 months after baseline) to 1 year follow-up measured by questionnaire reports.
Time frame: Up to 18 months
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