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NCT Number: NCT04871659

Attitudes Behavior and Practices of Mothering Among an Online Panel

Subjects are users on Amazon's Mechanical Turk (MTurk) platform. MTurk users will be asked to complete a screening survey about family structure. The purpose of the screening survey is to identify MTurk users who are biological mothers of children aged 1.5 to 6 years old, and to collect survey information on how mothers interact with their children, with the aim of better understanding family relationships.

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Key information

Conditions

Tantrum Parent-Child Relations Parenting Relation, Family

Age range

18 year–55 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

New York, 10032, United States

About this study

This is a feasibility study that aims to identify a panel of biological mothers of children aged 1.5 to 6 years old from an online pool of participants on Amazon's Mechanical Turk (MTurk; www.mturk.com). MTurk is a novel method to recruit participants from online behavioral studies. Although MTurk workers are anonymous, demographic surveys from previous studies conducted on the web platform indicate that the majority of MTurk users are females living in the U.S. The participant pool may be of scientific interest in pursuing studies that investigate patterns of behaviors and other information pertaining to mothers. A panel of mothers that fit screening criteria may be helpful for future planned studies on attitudes, behavior, and practices surrounding mothering. The MTurk mothers panel will be eligible to participate in future studies involving knowledge, attitudes, and practices of their motherhood and of emotional connection with their children.

Who can participate

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Biological mothers of children between ages 1.5-6 living in the US

Exclusion criteria

  • Not having reliable internet access

Treatment and study plan

Online Survey completion

Other

Eligible participants will complete surveys electronically via Amazon's mTurk platform

Primary outcomes

  1. Correlations between survey items

    Time frame: Day 1

    Descriptive statistics and correlations will be generated to show the basic participant characteristics captured during the data collection and whether the survey items correlate with each other. Survey items include the Parental Burnout Assessment, the Temper Loss Scale, and two surveys created by Dr. Welch at the Nurture Science Program: the Welch Emotional Connection Screen-Parent Report, as well as a tantrum questionnaire.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Columbia University

Other

Collaborators

  • Einhorn Family Charitable Trust

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
May 4, 2021
Registry last updated
Feb 16, 2023

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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