Online Emotion Regulation and Parenting Program for Parents of Children Aged 2-6 Years

This study is a randomized controlled trial evaluating an online parent-focused intervention that integrates emotion regulation strategies with parenting skills for parents of children aged 2-6 years.

Eligible parents will complete a baseline assessment before being randomly allocated to either the intervention group or the control group. Participants assigned to the intervention group will receive an online micro-learning program consisting of brief sessions focused on parent emotion regulation, understanding and responding to children's negative emotions, and adaptive parenting strategies. Participants in the control group will not receive the intervention during the initial study period.

Outcome assessments will examine changes in parents' emotion regulation difficulties, their acceptance of children's negative emotions, their perceived ability to respond adaptively to children's negative emotions, and children's socio-emotional and behavioral outcomes. Outcomes will be compared between the intervention and control groups over the study period.

Inclusion criteria

• Parent aged 18 years or older
• A parent or primary caregiver of children aged 2-6 years
• Able to read and understand Chinese
• Willing to provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to provide informed consent.