Protocol for randomized control trial of a digital-assisted parenting intervention for promoting Malaysian children’s mental health
BackgroundMental illness among Malaysian children is gradually reaching a fundamentally alarming point as it persistently shows increasing trend. The existing literature on the etiologies of children’s mental illness, highlights the most common cause to be ineffective or impaired parenting. Thus, ef...
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| author | Nor Sheereen Zulkefly Anis Raihan Dzeidee Schaff Nur Arfah Zaini Firdaus Mukhtar Noris Mohd Norowi Rahima Dahlan Salmiah Md. Said |
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| description | BackgroundMental illness among Malaysian children is gradually reaching a fundamentally alarming point as it persistently shows increasing trend. The existing literature on the etiologies of children’s mental illness, highlights the most common cause to be ineffective or impaired parenting. Thus, efforts to combat mental illness in children should focus on improving the quality of parenting. Documented interventional studies focusing on this issue, particularly in Malaysia, are scarce and commonly report poor treatment outcomes stemming from inconvenient face-to-face instructions. Consequently, proposing an accessible online and digital-assisted parenting program is expected to reach a larger number of parents, as it can overcome substantial barriers. Hence, this study aims to develop a universal digital-assisted preventive parenting intervention called DaPI, that aims to enhance mental health of children in Malaysia.MethodsA total of 200 parents of children aged 10–14 years will be recruited and randomized into two groups either intervention or waitlist-control based on a 1:1 ratio for a duration of 8 weeks. Those in the intervention group will receive eight sessions of the DaPI program that focus mainly on parenting and children’s mental health. The primary outcome of this study will essentially focus on the changes in parent-reported parenting behavior and parental self-efficacy. The secondary outcome will be changes in children’s mental health (i.e., behavioral problems and emotional maladjustment). Assessments will be arranged pre- and post-intervention as well as at the 1-month follow-up. Analyses will be conducted using a paired t-test and multivariate analysis of covariance.DiscussionThe expected outcome will be the establishment of DaPI in promoting children’s mental health by targeting changes in parenting behavior and parental self-efficacy in Malaysia. Findings from this study will be beneficial for policymakers to invest in parenting programs that could provide support to parents in enhancing their child’s overall development.Clinical trial registration[www.irct.ir], identifier [IRCT20211129053207N1]. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-03282bda9a2f4c1aa0b93f78f6bea74a2022-12-22T01:48:11ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-09-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.928895928895Protocol for randomized control trial of a digital-assisted parenting intervention for promoting Malaysian children’s mental healthNor Sheereen Zulkefly0Anis Raihan Dzeidee Schaff1Nur Arfah Zaini2Firdaus Mukhtar3Noris Mohd Norowi4Rahima Dahlan5Salmiah Md. Said6Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, MalaysiaDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, MalaysiaDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, MalaysiaDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, MalaysiaDepartment of Multimedia, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, MalaysiaDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, MalaysiaDepartment of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, MalaysiaBackgroundMental illness among Malaysian children is gradually reaching a fundamentally alarming point as it persistently shows increasing trend. The existing literature on the etiologies of children’s mental illness, highlights the most common cause to be ineffective or impaired parenting. Thus, efforts to combat mental illness in children should focus on improving the quality of parenting. Documented interventional studies focusing on this issue, particularly in Malaysia, are scarce and commonly report poor treatment outcomes stemming from inconvenient face-to-face instructions. Consequently, proposing an accessible online and digital-assisted parenting program is expected to reach a larger number of parents, as it can overcome substantial barriers. Hence, this study aims to develop a universal digital-assisted preventive parenting intervention called DaPI, that aims to enhance mental health of children in Malaysia.MethodsA total of 200 parents of children aged 10–14 years will be recruited and randomized into two groups either intervention or waitlist-control based on a 1:1 ratio for a duration of 8 weeks. Those in the intervention group will receive eight sessions of the DaPI program that focus mainly on parenting and children’s mental health. The primary outcome of this study will essentially focus on the changes in parent-reported parenting behavior and parental self-efficacy. The secondary outcome will be changes in children’s mental health (i.e., behavioral problems and emotional maladjustment). Assessments will be arranged pre- and post-intervention as well as at the 1-month follow-up. Analyses will be conducted using a paired t-test and multivariate analysis of covariance.DiscussionThe expected outcome will be the establishment of DaPI in promoting children’s mental health by targeting changes in parenting behavior and parental self-efficacy in Malaysia. Findings from this study will be beneficial for policymakers to invest in parenting programs that could provide support to parents in enhancing their child’s overall development.Clinical trial registration[www.irct.ir], identifier [IRCT20211129053207N1].https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.928895/fullonline parenting interventionparentingchildren mental healthdigital-assisted interventionMalaysia |
| spellingShingle | Nor Sheereen Zulkefly Anis Raihan Dzeidee Schaff Nur Arfah Zaini Firdaus Mukhtar Noris Mohd Norowi Rahima Dahlan Salmiah Md. Said Protocol for randomized control trial of a digital-assisted parenting intervention for promoting Malaysian children’s mental health Frontiers in Psychology online parenting intervention parenting children mental health digital-assisted intervention Malaysia |
| title | Protocol for randomized control trial of a digital-assisted parenting intervention for promoting Malaysian children’s mental health |
| title_full | Protocol for randomized control trial of a digital-assisted parenting intervention for promoting Malaysian children’s mental health |
| title_fullStr | Protocol for randomized control trial of a digital-assisted parenting intervention for promoting Malaysian children’s mental health |
| title_full_unstemmed | Protocol for randomized control trial of a digital-assisted parenting intervention for promoting Malaysian children’s mental health |
| title_short | Protocol for randomized control trial of a digital-assisted parenting intervention for promoting Malaysian children’s mental health |
| title_sort | protocol for randomized control trial of a digital assisted parenting intervention for promoting malaysian children s mental health |
| topic | online parenting intervention parenting children mental health digital-assisted intervention Malaysia |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.928895/full |
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