ACT Dad Interview: ACT for Fathers of Children With Special Needs
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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: Semi-structured Focus Group Interview.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Caregiver Mental Health, Parenting Stress, Developmental Disabilities, Special Needs Children. Basic parameters: No limits · 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
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
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Official title
A Qualitative Study to Develop a Protocol Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Fathers of Children With Special Needs in Improving Their Psychological Flexibility and Mental Health
Overview
The goal of this qualitative study is to develop a therapy protocol for fathers of children with special needs in Hong Kong. The therapy is called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which helps people cope with difficult emotions by building psychological flexibility - the ability to accept and adjust to hard situations. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. What are the experiences and needs of fathers raising children with special needs? 2. What content and format of an ACT programme would be most helpful for these fathers? Researchers will conduct focus group interviews with two groups of participants: fathers raising children with special needs and social workers who work with these families. The interviews will take about 60 to 90 minutes each. Participants will: 1. Take part in a recorded focus group interview 2. Share their experiences, challenges, and views on what an ACT program should include The findings will be used to develop a protocol for an ACT programme to improve the mental health of fathers raising children with special needs.
Interventions
- Other Semi-structured Focus Group Interview
Participants will take part in a 60 to 90-minute, video-recorded, semi-structured focus group interview conducted in Cantonese.
Primary outcome measures
- Psychological flexibility [Time frame: immediately after the interview]
- Mental Health [Time frame: immediately after the interview]
Eligibility criteria
Informants will include 2 groups, 1) fathers rearing children with special needs and 2) social workers.
For fathers,
Inclusion criteria
- are the biological fathers of children aged 2 to 12 years,
- are with a child having a formal diagnosis of a developmental disability, including autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, intellectual disability, or related neurodevelopmental conditions,
- are able to speak Cantonese and read Chinese.
Exclusion criteria
- Fathers with physical or cognitive impairment
- Father with learning problems as identified from NGO or related medical records
For social workers,
Inclusion criteria
- have experience in working with biological fathers of children aged 2 to 12 years who have a formal diagnosis of a developmental disability, including autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, intellectual disability, or related neurodevelopmental conditions,
- are able to speak Cantonese and read Chinese.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Other
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07591636 · ACT Dad interview