Jockey Club Support Project
- Conditions
- Family RelationsResilienceEmotion Regulation
- Registration Number
- NCT07136064
- Lead Sponsor
- City University of Hong Kong
- Brief Summary
Guided by the process model of emotion regulation, integrative affect-regulation framework for resilience, and the reciprocal dynamics of emotion, affect, and resilience in the family system, researchers will develop a parallel intervention to incorporate two key members in Mainland-Hong Kong cross-boundary families: a parent and a child by improving their affect/emotion regulation skills, de-escalate family conflicts, and flourish under hardships. Specifically, researchers predict that participants in the intervention group will report greater improvement in resilience, emotion regulation, psychological well-being, family harmony, and social connectedness than those in the control group.
- Detailed Description
Researchers will conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) intervention study targeting cross-boundary families' affect/emotion regulation skills as well as personal and family resilience. Researchers will implement two arms with the allocation ratio of 2:1. As most cross-boundary children are preoccupied with after-school academies and extracurricular activities, participating parents will receive four group activity sessions, while children will receive two sessions. The intervention themes and skills are the same for parents and children but condensed for children.
Researchers will collaborate with the International Social Services Hong Kong Branch (Shenzhen) (hereinafter referred to as "ISS"), an NGO that has served cross-boundary families in Shenzhen for over 30 years.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- NOT_YET_RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 450
Not provided
- those who have current diagnoses of severe physical or mental illnesses;
- those who have participated in similar intervention programs before.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Resilience Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks Participants' psychological resilience will be measured by the 25-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. Participants will report their perceived psychological resilience of self on a 5-point Likert scale (0 = strongly disagree; 4 = strongly agree). Higher total scores indicate higher levels of psychological resilience.
Cognitive Emotion Regulation Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks Participants' use of adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies will be measured by corresponding subscales of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ). The study will employ five subscales, including acceptance, positive refocusing, refocus on planning, positive reappraisal, and putting into perspective, as these strategies are the targets of the intervention. Each subscale includes four items. Participants will report their use of each strategy on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = almost never; 5 = almost always). Higher scores for each subscale indicate more use of the corresponding cognitive emotion regulation strategy.
Behavioral Emotion Regulation Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks Participants' use of adaptive behavioral emotion regulation strategies will be measured by corresponding subscales of the Behavioral Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (BERQ). The study will employ two subscales (seeking distraction and putting into perspective) as these strategies are the targets of the intervention. Each subscale includes four items. Participants will report their use of each strategy on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = almost never; 5 = almost always). Higher scores for each subscale indicate more use of the corresponding behavioral emotion regulation strategy.
Affective Experiences Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks Participants' affective experiences will be measured by the International Positive and Negative Affect Schedule Short Form (I-PANAS-SF). Participants will report their experienced positive and negative affect on a 10-item, 5-point Likert scale (1 = never; 5 = always). Higher scores indicate higher levels of positive or negative affect.
Depression and Anxiety Symptoms Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks Participants' depression and anxiety symptoms will be measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-4). On this 4-point Likert scale from 0 to 3, participants will report their frequency of depression and anxiety symptoms. Higher scores indicate more severe symptoms.
Well-being Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks Participants will also complete the 5-item WHO Well-Being Index (WHO-5). They will report their well-being with a 6-point Likert scale (0 = at no time; 5 = all of the time). Higher scores indicate higher levels of well-being.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Family Resilience Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks Participants' family resilience will be measured by the Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire Short Version (WFRQ-9). Participants will report their perceived family resilience on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = rarely/never; 5 = almost always), with higher scores indicating higher levels of family resilience.
Family harmony Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks Participants will complete the 8-item Family Harmony Scale. Participants will report their perceived level of family harmony on this 10-item, 5-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree; 5 = strongly agree). Higher scores indicate higher levels of family harmony.
Parent-Child Conflicts Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks Participants' recent conflicts with their children or parents will be measured by two single-item scales. Participants will report their frequency of conflicts on one scale and the intensity on another. Each scale ranges from zero (no conflicts) to five (more than five times of conflict or very severe conflicts).
Parenting Self-Efficacy Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks Parents will report their parenting self-efficacy on the subscale of the Parenting Sense of Competence Scale. Participants will indicate their perceived self-efficacy in parenting activities on an 8-item, 6-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree; 6 = strongly agree). Higher scores indicate higher levels of self-efficacy in parenting.
Parental Stress Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks Parents will complete the Parental Stress Scale (PSS) to measure their subjective feelings of stress as a parent. Participants will report their perceived parental stress on a 17-item, 6-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree; 5 = strongly agree). Higher scores indicate higher levels of parental stress.