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Testing Self-regulation Effects of a 'Smart Toy'

NCT03732989 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2019-06-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The present experimental study aims to explore the effect of an interactive smart toy on children's stress modulation during a stressful experience compared to a non-interactive prototype. It is expected that children given the interactive prototype will experience faster and more effective stress modulation, in comparison to those being given the non-interactive prototype.

These findings will complement the ecologically valid data from week-long at-home deployments of the interactive prototype with families with low socioeconomic status.

Conditions

  • Emotion Regulation

Interventions

DEVICE

Interactive toy prototype

The interactive toy prototype takes the form of a hand-crafted plush toy, which was designed to support in-the-moment calming down strategies. The interaction relies on a number of sensors embedded in the 'creature' that register haptic interactions with the toy. In addition, a small vibration motor is used to indicate the creature's state by mimicking a frantic 'heartbeat'. If the creature is calming down in response to the child's touching of the sensors, the heartbeat slows down and eventually turns into happy purring (cf. paper linked below for more details about the design process).

DEVICE

Non-interactive toy prototype

This toy is the same as the interactive one, but with the interactivity features (haptic feedback) turned off so that it looks and feels like a regular, hand-crafted plush toy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of California Santa Cruz

    collaborator OTHER

  • Committee for Children (USA)

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University College, London

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Petr Slovak, PhD · University College London; Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
10 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-06-30
Primary Completion
2019-12-31
Completion
2019-12-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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