Examining the Impacts of Parent-Child Interactive Activities
- Conditions
- Emotional Regulation
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Mightier online gameplayBehavioral: Mightier Family Games
- Registration Number
- NCT04839861
- Lead Sponsor
- Neuromotion Labs
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the effects of online and offline play of games on the Mightier game platform, in comparison to the effects of Mightier online play alone.
- Detailed Description
Mightier is a mobile app-based biofeedback video game platform that facilitates emotion regulation skill-building among children ages 6-14. The technology behind Mightier's mobile app has been validated in two independent sham-controlled randomized controlled trials, where the investigators have seen decreases in clinical symptoms of aggression and disruptive behaviors, as well as lowered family stress without adverse events.
Mightier will soon introduce offline Mightier Family Games to its product line. Mightier Family Games will include offline, interactive components that have not previously been incorporated into Mightier play. Studies have shown that improvements in child behavior and child-parent relationships are among the many benefits of family play.
For the proposed study, families with no prior Mightier exposure will engage in different types of Mightier play for six weeks, to demonstrate the effects of online and offline Mightier play in comparison to the effects of Mightier online play alone. Mightier will recruit families through social media, then Mightier will randomly assign participants to one of two groups: a Mightier online play only group, and a Mightier online and offline play group. The investigators will aim to enroll 20 participants in each group.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 42
- Age 6-12 at the time of screening
- Regular access to WiFi (for Mightier gameplay device connection)
- Prior Mightier use
- Diagnosed Intellectual Disability (by history)
- Planned medication changes during the 6-week study period
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Mightier Online Games Mightier online gameplay 6 weeks of use ad-libitum. Parents will be encouraged to have their children play Mightier online games at least 3 times a week for the 6 week duration. Mightier Online Plus Offline Family Games Mightier Family Games 6 weeks of use ad-libitum. Parents will be encouraged to have their children play Mightier online games at least 3 times a week for the 6 week duration. Parents will be encouraged to play Mightier offline Family Games at least once a week for the 6 week duration. Mightier Online Plus Offline Family Games Mightier online gameplay 6 weeks of use ad-libitum. Parents will be encouraged to have their children play Mightier online games at least 3 times a week for the 6 week duration. Parents will be encouraged to play Mightier offline Family Games at least once a week for the 6 week duration.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in child irritability from baseline measured on ARI-P at Week 7 Baseline and Week 7 Affective Reactivity Index-Parent Report (ARI-P): The ARI is a 7-item scale that consists of 6 symptom items and 1 impairment item. The scale was designed to determine irritable mood rather than behavioral consequences such as hostility and acts of aggression (Stringaris et al., 2012). The individual items are scored 0,1, 2, and only the first six items are summed to form the total score, with a minimum score of 0 and a maximum score of 18, and higher scores indicating greater severity of irritability symptoms. The seventh item is an impairment item and it is analysed separately, with a minimum score of 0 and a maximum score of 3, and higher scores indicating greater irritability symptom severity.
Change in child-parent relationship from baseline measured on CPRS-SF at Week 7 Baseline and Week 7 Child-Parent Relationship Scale (CPRS-SF): The CPRS-SF is a 15- item The CPRS (Pianta, 1992) is a self-report instrument completed by parents that assesses their perceptions of their relationship with their child. The 15 items are rated on 5-point Likert scales. It is applicable to children ages 3-12. The CPRS-SF is scored in two subscales: an 8-item Conflict subscale (minimum score = 8, maximum score = 40, higher score indicates greater conflict), and a 7-item Closeness subscale (minimum score = 7, maximum score = 35, with greater score indicating greater closeness).
Parent perception of change in child emotion regulation from baseline measured on GIS at Week 7 Week 7 Global Improvement Scale (GIS): The GIS is a parent self-report question that asks parents if they have noticed any overall improvements in their child's emotion regulation, with response options ranging from (1) very much improved to (7) very much worse. Minimum score = 1, Maximum score = 7, with higher numbers indicating less improvement, or worsening. The GIS has not been scientifically validated.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Neuromotion Labs
🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States