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Psychology Mobile Apps for Parents in a Pandemic

NCT04980365 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 224

Last updated 2022-10-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether parents of young children (aged 10 and under) think it is feasible (in other words, doable) and acceptable (in other words, satisfactory) to use a mobile app designed to provide personalized education and enrichment for 10 minutes/day for 14 days. The investigators hope to learn if it is reasonable to ask parents to use one of three different apps and if parents are satisfied with their participation in the study. If so, the investigators can continue to study the effect of these apps on parents' stress in future research.

The investigators also plan to evaluate the effect of these app-based interventions in lowering levels of stress in parents during the COVID-19 pandemic. By conducting this study, the investigators hope to learn if there are specific app-based interventions that will lead to a reduction in stress in parents, improved parental life satisfaction, and improved parent-child interactions. If the results of this study suggest these apps may be promising at reducing stress among parents, the investigators will continue doing research on these app-based interventions.

Conditions

  • Stress, Psychological

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness

Participants will be asked to use the app Mindfulness Coach daily for 10 minutes. Participants will follow app instructions for brief guided meditation sessions for 14 days.

BEHAVIORAL

Gratitude

Participants will be asked to use the app Grateful daily for 10 minutes. Participants will follow app instructions and will be answering to prompts related to gratitude provided by the app daily, for 10 minutes for 14 days.

BEHAVIORAL

Food Journal

Participants will be asked to use the app Day One daily for 10 minutes. Participants will be writing a daily journal entry describing what they ate during the previous day for 14 days.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sam Houston State University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Chelsea G Ratcliff, Ph.D. · Sam Houston State University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-06-08
Primary Completion
2022-06-30
Completion
2022-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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