The Effect of a Parent-Based Autonomy Support Program on Children’s Self-Regulation: A Pilot Randomised Control Trial (RCT)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Self-regulation; Early child development; Mental Health - Studies of normal psychology, cognitive function and behaviour

• Registration Number: ACTRN12621001705875
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Wollongong

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2021-06-24
• Study Start: 2021-12-13
• Last Update Posted: 21 December 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 32

Inclusion Criteria

Children aged 3-5 years

Parents need to be able to speak fluent English with their child

Exclusion Criteria

Non-English speaking participants
No other exclusion criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary outcome is parents' autonomy support behaviour, as indexed by the Maternal Autonomy Support Scale (Whipple et al, 2011) to be completed after a 10-minute observation of parents during a structured parent-child play task. [Baseline and 2 weeks post completion of intervention];Parent's autonomy supportive behaviour in a free-play context. Parents and children will be shadowed for 15 minutes using the Early Start Discovery Space children's museum (at the University of Wollongong) and parent behaviour indexed by the Maternal Autonomy Support Scale adapted by Matte-Gagné et al. (2015). [At baseline and 2 weeks post completion of intervention]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Children's self-regulation as indexed by performance on the Memory Card Game of the Preschool Situational Self-Regulation Toolkit (PRSIST, Howard et al. 2020). This game takes approximately 15 minutes to complete. [Baseline and 2 weeks post completion of intervention (at the same time as primary outcomes)];Children's self-regulation will also be measured in a free-play environment, and behaviour rated on the Regulated-Related Skills Measure (RRSM, McCoy, 2019). Children will play for approximately 15 minutes in a group setting with other children. [At baseline and 2 week post completion of intervention (at the same time as primary outcomes)]