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Building Cognitive Behavioural Skills With StoryBooks to Reduce Emotional Difficulties in Kindergarten Years

No phase Interventional Anxiety Coping Skills Socio-emotional Well-being

For patients and families

In plain language

An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.

What is being studied
The protocol lists: Cognitive Behavioural, Language.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Anxiety, Coping Skills, Socio-emotional Well-being. Basic parameters: 4 years — 6 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
Singapore
Next step
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Overview

This research aims to ask (1) Are child and parent measures of coping skills, anxiety and other outcomes reliable (2) How feasible and acceptable is the proposed CB preventative program and protocol (3) Can a preliminary indication of efficacy for CB preventative program be provided.

Interventions

  • Device Cognitive Behavioural
    Cognitive behavioural therapy incorporated into storybook reading with an emphasis on psychoeducation, relaxation techniques, social skills, graded exposure and cognitive strategies, for preschool children
  • Device Language
    Storybook reading with an emphasis on specific word vocabulary and narrative structure serving as a control, for preschool children

Primary outcome measures

  • Coping Skills - Coping Questionnaire Parent Report [Time frame: Close out (Weeks 9 to 10)]
  • Coping Skills - Coping Skills Word Definitions [Time frame: Close out (Weeks 9 to 10)]
Secondary outcome measures (5)
  • Coping skills - Personal Story Generation [Time frame: Close-out (Weeks 9 to 10)]
  • Anxiety- Preschool Anxiety Scale [Time frame: Close out (Weeks 9 to 10)]
  • Maladjustment - Paediatric Symptom Checklist-17 [Time frame: Close out (Weeks 9 to 10)]
  • Maladjustment - Children's Emotional Adjustment Scale [Time frame: Close out (Weeks 9 to 10)]
  • Social Emotional Learning - Social Skills Improvement System [Time frame: Close out (Weeks 9 to 10)]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Currently be enrolled in K1 or K2 in preschool.
  • Singaporean Citizen or of Permanent Resident status
  • Parent of study's participant has to have read a book with participant at least once in the last 6 months.

Exclusion criteria

  • Not currently enrolled in a child support programme
  • Not currently receiving medication for mental health concerns
  • Not currently receiving support from a Speech Language Therapist or Psychologist.

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Study design

Allocation
Randomized
Model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single blind
Primary purpose
Prevention

Study locations

Singapore · 1 center
  • National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University — Singapore

Identifiers

NCT: NCT07425951 · RG130/24

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗