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Improving Emotional Regulation Skills of Children in Difficulty in Shenzhen

NCT06331936 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 183

Last updated 2026-02-27

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Summary

The study aims to 1) improve the emotional regulation strategies of children in difficulty in Shenzhen, and 2) develop and publish a set of evidence-based intervention manuals for professional use. Based on the intervention manual design of the researchers' previous study conducted in Hong Kong, the current research revised the intervention manual to adapt to the context of mainland China. This study adopts a randomized wait-list control trial design. The researchers aim to recruit 200 children in difficulty aged 8 to 14 as participants and randomly assign them to an experimental and a wait-list control group with a ratio of 3:2. Each participant will attend four sessions of intervention and one booster session, and each session requires around 1.5 to 2 hours to complete. The participants will complete assessments before the first session of the intervention (T1), immediately after the fourth session of the intervention (T2), and one month after the completion of the intervention (T3). A qualitative assessment will also be conducted after the booster session.

Conditions

  • Emotion Regulation
  • Parent-Child Relations
  • Happiness
  • Positive Affect

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Emotion regulation

Each participant will attend four intervention sessions. They will also be invited to a booster Session, where they will be invited for interviews to share what they have gained from the sessions. The contents of the intervention and the booster session are as follows: (1) understand emotions, (2) attention and positivity, (3) emotional regulation, (4) connectedness and intimacy, and (5) review and sharing.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • International Social Service Hong Kong Branch

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • City University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nancy YU, Dr. · City University of Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
14 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-01-06
Primary Completion
2024-06-26
Completion
2024-06-30

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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