An At-distance and Online Intervention to Promote Parental Involvement and Self-regulation

Summary

Parents play a significant role in their children's development and learning. Parental involvement (PI) is characterized by behavioral profiles that are manifested in activities at home (e.g., helping with homework) and school (e.g., participating in meetings with teachers). Involved parents tend to create more opportunities for their children to develop different competencies. These competencies are relevant to children's academic success, namely, the knowledge and use of self-regulation (SR) strategies. SR strategies enable children to take control and responsibility for their behaviors, thoughts, and emotions, thereby achieving a goal (e.g., an academic goal), which in turn leads to higher academic performance and well-being.

Extensive research has identified PI and SR as strong predictors of children's academic success, underscoring the need to promote them actively. Thus, the main goal of this investigation - the Lupis program - is to develop and evaluate the efficacy of an at-distance and online intervention program for parents of 1st and 2nd grade elementary school students. The Lupis will be a narrative-based intervention, utilizing wise intervention techniques in its design. The Lupis program will aim to promote PI and, consequently, SR competencies in children.

In general, it is expected to develop an effective intervention program to promote PI and SR competencies in children. Additionally, Lupis is expected to help parents and children prevent and address the challenges of transitioning from preschool to elementary school with essential competencies for children's learning and academic success.

Conditions

• Parental Involvement
• Self-regulation in Children

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Lupis program: parental intervention to promote self-regulation in children

Narrative-based intervention-the self-regulation strategies covered in each module (e.g., goal setting and asking for help). Each module will include: i) a video discussing self-regulation strategies incorporated into "The Three Little Pigs" tale; ii) three activities related to the video content; iii) a weekly synchronous group videoconference session with a trained educational psychologist acting as a mediator.

BEHAVIORAL

Parental intervention on study methods

Each module will include: i) a video discussing study methods; ii) three activities related to the video content; iii) a weekly synchronous group videoconference session with a trained educational psychologist acting as a mediator.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Minho

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Sandra Mesquita, MSc · Psychology Research Center, School of Psychology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

• Armanda Pereira, PhD · Centre for Trandisciplinary Development Studies, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal.

• Pedro Rosário, PhD · Psychology Research Center, School of Psychology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-10-07

Primary Completion

2025-06-30

Completion

2026-03-31

Countries

• Portugal

Study Locations