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NCT Number: NCT07458438

Parents in Action: An Online Intervention Aimed at Parents' Well-being

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if an online intervention improves well-being in low-income parents with children aged between 3 and 6 years. The main question[s] it aims to answer [is/are]:

* Does life satisfaction improves after the online intervention? * Do stress, anxiety and depression symptoms diminish after the online intervention? Researchers will compare parents who took the online intervention with parents who did not to see if the intervention makes parents feel more satisfied with life and less stressed, anxious and depressed.

Participants will be interviewed about their own well-being, mental health and parenting practices and about their children's behavior and screen use before taking the online intervention.

During the intervention, parents will watch videos, answer quizzes and do simple activities at home.

After the online intervention, parents will be interviewed again about their own well-being, mental health and parenting practices and about their children's behavior and screen use before taking the online intervention.

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Key information

Conditions

Psychiatric Aspects Behavior Personal Satisfaction Psychological Well-Being Psychosocial Aspects

Age range

19 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

CMEI União Bica do Rio

Salvador, Estado de Bahia, 41720-000, Brazil

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Amanda Reis, Graduation

CONTACT

[email protected]

55(71)991142151

Nathaly Gonçalves, MBA

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

About this study

Researchers will compare parents who took the online intervention with parents who did not to see if the intervention makes parents feel more satisfied with life and less stressed, anxious and depressed. The comparison will be based on tests that measure the life satisfaction, positive and negative emotions, stress, anxiety and depression according to parents report. Parents will respond to these tests during an online interview before starting the online intervention. During the interview they will also report on their parenting practices and their children's development and screen use. The interview lasts between 45 and 60 minutes.

During the 10 weeks of intervention, parents will watch videos, answer quizzes and do simple activities at home. They will spend between 30 and 45 minutes doing the online and home activities each week. Fifty percent of the parents who will undergo the intervention will also have a weekly video call with a psychologist to clarify doubts and solve difficulties found in the online activities.

After the online intervention, parents will be interviewed again about their own well-being, mental health and parenting practices and about their children's behavior and screen use. The same interview procedures held before the intervention will be repeated after the intervention, when parents who underwent the online program will also respond a questionnaire about their satisfaction with the intervention. For parents who did not undergo the intervention, the last interview will happen eleven weeks after the first interview. After the last interview, parents who did not undergo the intervention before, will be able to take the intervention if they want to do so.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • parents of children between 3 and 6 years of age
  • parents must live with the child
  • child must attend public school

Exclusion criteria

  • parents under 19 years of age
  • child with chronic disease or genetic syndromes
  • lack of access to the internet or a digital device

Treatment and study plan

Parapais em Ação

Behavioral

Parapais em Ação is a 10-week online program aimed at enhancing parents' well-being and mental health through psycho-educational videos, quizzes, practices of new skills. It was especially developed for Brazilian parents with children between 3 and 6 years of age.

Primary outcomes

  1. PANAS - Positive and Negative Affects Scale

    Time frame: From enrollment to one week after the end of the intervention.

    Evaluates subjective well-being emotional dimensions. The PANAS is a self-report instrument composed of 10 items that assess positive affect and 10 items that assess negative affect. The items consist of adjectives and are answered on a five-point Likert scale corresponding to how much a person feels the emotions described by the adjectives: (1) not at all; (2) a little; (3) moderately; (4) quite a lot; and (5) extremely. The sum of the scores of all items relating to each construct provides the total score for positive and negative affect. Some examples of items are: a) distressed; b) excited; c) inspired; and d) irritated.

  2. LSS - Life Satisfaction Scale

    Time frame: From enrollment to one week after the end of the intervention.

    Assesses the cognitive dimension of subjective well-being. The instrument consists of five items that evaluate an individual's level of satisfaction with their living conditions. Each item is answered on a seven-point Likert scale ranging from (1) strongly disagree to (7) strongly agree. The sum of the scores for all items provides the total life satisfaction score. Some examples of items are: a) my life is close to my ideal; and b) if I could live my life again, I wouldn't change almost anything.

Secondary outcomes

  1. DASS-21 - Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale

    Time frame: From enrollment to one week after the end of the intervention

    It assesses symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress. The instrument consists of 21 items, divided into three factors (Depression: 3, 5, 10, 13, 16, 17, 21; Anxiety: 2, 4, 7, 9, 15, 19, 20; and Stress: 1, 6, 8, 11, 12, 14, 18). The items are answered using a four-point Likert scale, ranging from 0 (not at all applicable) to 3 (applied very much or most of the time), and the sum of the scores allows classification in each of the factors as normal, mild, moderate, severe, and extremely severe.

Other outcomes

  1. PAFAS - Parenting and Family Adjustment Scales

    Time frame: From enrollment to one week after the end of the intervention

    The PAFAS investigates parenting practices and parental and family adjustment, and is geared toward this purpose. It was developed with 40 items, containing a 28-item parenting scale covering two domains, including "parenting practices" (17 items) and "parent-child relationship" (11 items), and a 12-item family adjustment scale with three domains, composed of "parental emotional adjustment" (5 items), "positive family relationships" (4 items), and "parental teamwork" (3 items).

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Patrícia Alvarenga, Ph.D.

CONTACT

[email protected]

55(71)999594437

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Federal University of Bahia

Other

Collaborators

  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

Registry information

Official study title

Evaluation of an Online Intervention to Promote Parental Well-being and Child Development

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Mar 9, 2026
Registry last updated
Mar 11, 2026

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