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

Overview

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.

Study Type

  • Study Type: Interventional
  • Study Design
    • Allocation: Randomized
    • Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
    • Primary Purpose: Prevention
    • Masking: Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
  • Study Primary Completion Date: December 31, 2021

Interventions

  • 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.
  • Behavioral: 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.

Arms, Groups and Cohorts

  • Experimental: Parent-child Relationship Intervention
    • The intervention involves five 2h weekly group sessions in which exercises in mindfulness are practiced and associated ABCDE theory is taught to improve emotional regulation and parent-child communication under COVID-2019.
  • Experimental: Couple Relationship Intervention
    • The intervention involves four 2h weekly group sessions in which express feelings and wants clearly are practiced and associated Satir communication model is taught to improve couple conflict resolution and communication under COVID-2019.

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

  • Parent-child conflict
    • Time Frame: 2 weeks
    • 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.
  • Parent-child communication
    • Time Frame: 2 weeks
    • 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.
  • Parent-child Relationship
    • Time Frame: 2 weeks
    • 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.
  • Couple Relationship Quality
    • Time Frame: 2 weeks
    • The efficacy of Couple Relationship Intervention will be assessed by the quality of marriage index. Higher total scores indicate higher quality of couple relationship.
  • Marital Stability
    • Time Frame: 2 weeks
    • 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.

Participating in This Clinical Trial

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.

Gender Eligibility: All

Minimum Age: 30 Years

Maximum Age: 60 Years

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • Beijing Normal University
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Principal Investigator: Xiuyun Lin, professor – Beijing Normal University

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