The Playful Learning in Infancy Program
- Conditions
- Parent-Child RelationsInfant Development
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Playful Learning in Infancy ProgramBehavioral: Postnatal care as usual
- Registration Number
- NCT06352229
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
- Brief Summary
In the Playful Learning in Infancy Program, parents receive research-based educational guidance on playful interactions with their infants aged 0-1 year. They learn to recognize their infants' cues indicating readiness to engage in play and they are introduced to specific, developmentally appropriate activities for interactive engagement. The guidance is delivered to parents during routine home visits by public health visitors.
The aims of the Playful Learning in Infancy Program are to 1) promote playful interactions between infants and parents, parental attitudes towards play, and infant socioemotional development; 2) enhance the language and knowledge of playful learning in infancy among frontline staff; and 3) evaluate the Playful Learning in Infancy Program for potential testing in a future large-scale RCT study.
Evaluation is based on a parallel group study design, with half of the participants receiving care as usual and half of the participants receiving care as usual along with the Playful Learning in Infancy Program.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 2327
- Residence address in the Danish municipalities of Hvidovre or Billund
- Residence address with child or legal custody of the child
- Child is between 1-7 months old
- Understands Danish or English
- Parental age under the age of 18 when the child is born
- Multiple pregnancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Playful Learning in Infancy Program Playful Learning in Infancy Program Playful Learning in Infancy Program plus postnatal care as usual Care As Usual Postnatal care as usual Postnatal care as usual
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Parental Playful interactions T2 (infant age 3-3.5 months), T3 (infant age 7-7.5 months), and T4 (infant age 10-10.5 months) Playful interactions are assessed using The Parent Play Questionnaire (PPQ) by Ahmadzadeh et al. (2020), which assesses the frequency of parent-child play and screen use.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Infant Socio-emotional Development T5 (infant age 11-11.5 months) Infant socio-emotional development is assessed via parental report using the Ages \& Stages Questionnaires®: Social-Emotional, Second Edition (ASQ:SE-2; Squires, Bricker, \& Twombly, 2015).
Parental Attachment Style T1/Enrollment (4 weeks - 8 months) Parents' attachment style is assessed using the Experience in Close Relationships-Revised-Short Form (ECR-RS) questionnaire (Fraley et al., 2000).
Infant Screen Time T2 (infant age 3-3.5 months), T3 (infant age 7-7.5 months), and T4 (infant age 10-10.5 months) The infant's screen time is assessed using quantitative questions developed for the project and administered to parents.
Infant Level of Play T4 (infant age 10-10.5 months) We have developed questions for the parents to report on the child's level of play, based on Belsky, J., \& Most, R. K. (1981).
Questions developed for the study regarding Parental Knowledge of Play T2 (infant age 3-3.5 months), T3 (infant age 7-7.5 months), and T4 (infant age 10-10.5 months) Questions developed for the study for parents in the intervention group regarding knowledge of play.
Parental Mind-Mindedness T5 (infant age 11-11.5 months) Parental mind-mindedness is assessed using a written response to the first question from the "Describe your child" interview (Meins et al., 1998). Mind-mindedness is coded according to the criteria specified in the mind-mindedness coding manual (Meins \& Fernyhough, 2015).
Parental Experience of the PLIP Immediately after the intervention Qualitative interviews with a subsample of parents.
Parental Stress T3 (infant age 7-7.5 months) Maternal and paternal parenting stress is assessed via self-report using the Parenting Stress Index™, Third Edition Short Form (PSI-3-SF; Abidin, 1995).
Parental Mental Well-Being T1/Enrollment (4 weeks - 8 months) and T5 (infant age 11-11.5 months) Parental mental well-being is assessed using the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale - (S)WEMWBS (Tennant et al., 2007).
Health Visitors' Experience of the PLIP Immediately after the intervention Qualitative interviews with a subsample of health visitors.
Questions developed for the study regarding Parental Involvement T2 (infant age 3-3.5 months), T3 (infant age 7-7.5 months), and T4 (infant age 10-10.5 months) Questions developed for the study regarding the parent's involvement in the child's life and daily activities.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Center for Early Interventions and Family Studies, Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen
🇩🇰Copenhagen, Denmark