Norwegian Tuning in to Kids Effectivity Study

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Emotional Intelligence
• Interventions: Behavioral: Tuning in to Kids

• Registration Number: NCT04651465
• Lead Sponsor: University of Oslo

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

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

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-02-07
• Study First Submitted: 2020-11-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-11-25
• Study First Posted: 2020-12-03
• Status Verified: 2022-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-11-02
• Last Update Posted: 2022-11-07
• Primary Completion: 2027-12-31
• Study Completion: 2027-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 431

Inclusion Criteria

• Parent of a preschool child aged 4-5 years old

Exclusion Criteria

• Under the age of 18
• Not able to read and write in Norwegian

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Tuning in to Kids parenting program	Tuning in to Kids	Intervention groups receive the Tuning in to Kids parenting program

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Coping with children negative emotions scale (CCNES)	Uo to 18 months	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.
Eysenck's child behavior questionnaire (ECBI)	Up to 18 months	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.
Preschool anxiety scale - revised (PAS-R)	Up to 18 months	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.
Parent Emotion Socialization Questionnaire (PESQ)	Up to 18 months	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.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Affect Integration Inventory (AII)	Up to 18 months	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.
Difficulties with Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)	Up to 18 months	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.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Oslo; 🇳🇴 Oslo, Norway