Effects of an SMS-Based Parenting Intervention on Anxiety Symptoms in Preschool Children

Официальное название

Effects of a Mobile Health-Based Ecological Momentary Parenting Intervention on Anxiety Symptoms in Preschool-Aged Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Обзор

Excessive screen use and anxiety symptoms in preschool children have become increasingly prominent public health problems. This randomized controlled trial aims to determine whether, compared with a control group, an ecological momentary parenting intervention delivered via text messages and a WeChat public account can reduce screen use, anxiety symptoms, and social-emotional behavior problems in preschool children. A total of 356 caregiver-child dyads with children aged 3 to 6 years will be randomly assigned to an intervention group with 178 dyads or a control group with 178 dyads. The intervention group will receive an ecological momentary parenting intervention, including text messages and posts on a WeChat public account, focusing on guidance for emotion recognition, anxiety soothing, establishing regular routines, and reasonable screen use management. The control group will receive only general pediatric health science popularization text messages, which do not include content related to child emotion management, anxiety intervention, or screen use management. The primary outcome is children's anxiety symptoms, assessed by the Spence Preschool Anxiety Scale. Secondary outcomes include children's screen use assessed by the ScreenQ scale and social-emotional behavior problems assessed by the Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation Scale-30 (SCBE-30)

Вмешательства

• Поведенческое Ecological Momentary Parenting Intervention
  Participants will receive an ecological momentary parenting intervention delivered via parenting text messages and posts on a WeChat public account. The intervention focuses on emotion recognition, anxiety soothing, establishing regular routines, and reasonable screen use management.
• Другое General Pediatric Health Education
  Participants will receive general pediatric health science popularization text messages that do not include content related to child emotion management, anxiety intervention, or screen use management.

Первичные конечные точки

• Preschool Anxiety Scale [Срок оценки: Baseline and immediately post-intervention]

Вторичные конечные точки (2)

• ScreenQ Scale [Срок оценки: Baseline and immediately post-intervention]
• Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation Scale-30 [Срок оценки: Baseline and immediately post-intervention]

Критерии участия

Критерии включения

• Children between 3 and 6 years of age and their primary caregivers;
• The primary caregiver possesses a mobile phone with SMS-receiving capability, and is able to read and comprehend Chinese;
• Provide informed consent to participate in both the intervention and the study assessments.

Критерии исключения

• The child has a diagnosed neurodevelopmental or psychiatric disorder;
• The child is undergoing other forms of intervention or psychological therapy at the time of the study;

Критерии приведены из реестра в оригинале (на английском). Окончательную оценку соответствия проводит исследовательский центр.

Здоровые добровольцы: Да

Дизайн исследования

Распределение

Рандомизированное

Модель

Параллельные группы

Маскирование

Двойное слепое

Основная цель

Профилактика

Центры проведения

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Идентификаторы

NCT: NCT07728344 · AHMU-2026-05-25

Первоисточники (государственные реестры)

• ClinicalTrials.gov (NIH, США)

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