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NCT Number: NCT07170553

Relationship Enhancement Digital Game

The purpose of this study is to test a new digital game. Specifically, this study will aim to evaluate a digital game prototype designed to facilitate playful interactions between parents and children. The prototype will incorporate activities grounded in relationship enhancement principles. Additionally, this study will check how well using digital tools helps build strong connections, makes people get along better, and boosts parents' confidence and parenting skills.

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Key information

Conditions

Parent-Child Relations Attachment Disorder Parenting

Age range

6 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, United States

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Caregiver-child dyads.

Exclusion criteria

  • Participant is not part of a caregiver- child dyad.

Treatment and study plan

Digital Game

Behavioral

Parent-child dyads will come to the research site once and participate for up to one hour. Dyads will engage with a digital game prototype. The game involves brief relationship enhancing activities focused on different domains of attachment with the purpose of facilitating appropriate and healthy playful interaction between parents and children.

Control

Behavioral

Parent-child dyads will come to the research site once and participate for up to one hour. Dyads will receive pamphlets with information regarding play based attachment activities and be given the chance to engage in said activities.

Primary outcomes

  1. Parental Self-Efficacy as Measured by TOPSE

    Time frame: Baseline, Up to 1.5 hours (immediately after intervention).

    Tool to Measure Parenting Self-Efficacy (TOPSE) Total scores range from 0-480 for the complete measure. Higher scores indicate greater levels of perceived parental self-efficacy.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Perceived Closeness in the Parent-Child Relationship as measured by the Social Connectedness Scale

    Time frame: Baseline, Up to 1.5 hours (immediately after intervention).

    Social Connectedness Scale scores range from 9 - 54. Higher scores represent greater perceived connectedness.

Study contacts

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

Anna Queiroz, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

3052843752

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Miami

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Digital Game Intervention for Relationship Enhancement Among Parent Child Dyads

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Sep 12, 2025
Registry last updated
Mar 3, 2026

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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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