Expressive Writing for COVID-19 Resilience for Parents

NCT04589117 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Pro00105586
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 11
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of a 4-week, virtually-delivered expressive writing intervention on resilience in a cohort of parents and caregivers currently navigating the COVID-19 pandemic during spring \& summer of 2020.

Conditions

Parents During COVID-19

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Resilience

  Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC)

  3 months

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Perceived stress

  3 months

• Depression symptoms

  3 months

• Parental stress

  3 months

Study Arms (1)

Expressive writing

EXPERIMENTAL

The 4-week study intervention will invite participants through a progression of expressive writing exercises designed to support emotional expression and enhance personal resilience. Weekly instruction writing sessions will be conducted via Zoom. The sessions will not be recorded, but participants who cannot attend the sessions live (or prefer not to, for any reason) will receive each week's instructions and prompts via email. The progression of writing exercises flows as follows: * Week 1: Writing to expressive difficult emotions * Week 2: Writing to cultivate compassion \& forgiveness * Week 3: Writing to nurture positive emotions * Week 4: Writing to invite insight, perspective, \& growth

Behavioral: Expressive writing

Interventions

Expressive writing BEHAVIORAL

The 4-week study intervention will invite participants through a progression of expressive writing exercises designed to support emotional expression and enhance personal resilience. Weekly instruction writing sessions will be conducted via Zoom. The sessions will not be recorded, but participants who cannot attend the sessions live (or prefer not to, for any reason) will receive each week's instructions and prompts via email. The progression of writing exercises flows as follows: * Week 1: Writing to expressive difficult emotions * Week 2: Writing to cultivate compassion \& forgiveness * Week 3: Writing to nurture positive emotions * Week 4: Writing to invite insight, perspective, \& growth

Expressive writing

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• In order to have up to 40 evaluable subjects, we plan to consent up to 45 individuals. Potential subjects will be considered eligible if they are parents or primary caregivers of children aged 0-18 who have been home with them during the COVID-19 experience. Other eligibility criteria include:
• Able to speak, read, write, and understand English
• Cognitively able to provide consent
• Ability to participate in a 4-week intervention delivered via Zoom and email

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Duke University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Duke Integrative Medicine

Durham, North Carolina, 27705, United States

Location

Study Officials

• Oliver Glass, PhD

  Duke University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 12, 2020
• First Posted: October 19, 2020
• Study Start: May 27, 2020
• Primary Completion: August 2, 2020
• Study Completion: August 2, 2020
• Last Updated: November 24, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)