4Rs for a Better Family

NCT05977114 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 4Rs for a Better Family
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 456
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects of a family conflict intervention in Chinese New Arrival families in Hong Kong. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• Is the family conflict intervention group more effective to improve adaptive parent-child conflict resolution skills compared to the control group?
• Is the family conflict intervention group more effective to reduce parent-child conflicts compared to the control group?
• Is the family conflict intervention group more effective to improve adaptive parental conflict resolution skills compared to the control group?
• Is the family conflict intervention group more effective to enhance family harmony compared to the control group?
• Is the family conflict intervention group more effective to enhance family resilience compared to the control group? Participants will be randomly assigned to one of the two groups: the family conflict intervention group and the handcraft-making group. For each group, parents will participate in 3 sessions independently, children will participate in 2 sessions independently, and parents and children will jointly participate in 1 session. Each session takes around 2 hours, and it takes 4 weeks to complete the full intervention. The family conflict intervention sessions include an introduction to the occurrence of family conflicts, communication skills training to prevent and address conflicts, and role play to practice the skills, etc. Researchers will compare the family conflict intervention group and the handcraft-making group to see if the family conflict intervention group is effective in promoting conflict resolution skills, reducing family conflicts, and enhancing family resilience.

Conditions

Family Relations

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Parent-child conflicts

  Parent-child conflicts are measured by the frequency and intensity of parent-child conflicts (Yau \& Smetana, 1996). Possible scores for conflict frequency range from 0 (not at all) to 4 (4 times or above). A higher score indicates a higher level of parent-child conflict frequency. Possible scores for conflict intensity range from 1 (none) to 5 (severe). A higher score indicates more severe parent-child conflicts.

  Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks

• Parent-child conflict resolution

  Parent-child conflict adaptive resolution strategy is measured by the subscale of the Parent-Child Conflict Response Strategy Scale (Sun, 2019). The four items are each rated on a five-point scale, which is from 1 (never) to 5 (always). A higher score indicates a higher level of adaptive parent-child conflict resolution.

  Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks

• The Chinese version of the Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory-II

  Couple conflict and problem-solving will be measured by the subscale of the Chinese version of the Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory-II (ROC-II; Rahim, 1983; Chang \& Lu, 2007). The subscale includes 7 items. Each item is rated on a five-point scale. A higher score indicates a higher level of adaptive couple conflict resolution.

  Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks

• Family Harmony Scale

  Family Harmony will be measured by the Family Harmony Scale (Fabrizio et al., 2015). The scale includes 8 items. Each item is rated on a five-point scale. A higher score indicates a higher level of family harmony.

  Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks

• Family Resilience Quetionnaire

  Family Resilience will be measured by the Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire (Walsh, 2015). We selected 9 representative questions from the original questionnaire for our study. Each item is rated on a five-point scale. A higher score indicates a higher level of family resilience.

  Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks

Study Arms (2)

4Rs Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: family conflict intervention group

4As Group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Behavioral: handicraft-making group

Interventions

family conflict intervention group BEHAVIORAL

The family conflict preventive intervention includes the introduction to the occurrence of family conflicts, communication skills training, and role play to practice the skills.

4Rs Group

handicraft-making group BEHAVIORAL

The group involves handicraft-making.

4As Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Parents who have newly arrived in Hong Kong for less than seven years, and their children who are studying in primary school grade 4 to secondary school form 3; or
• New arrivals who have settled in Hong Kong for less than seven years and are studying in primary school grade 4 to secondary school form 3, and their parents; and
• Parents and children must live together; and
• Parents and children must participate together

You may not qualify if:

• Self-reported serious emotional or mental illness by parent or child, or
• Children with special learning needs

Sponsors & Collaborators

• City University of Hong Kong: lead

Study Sites (1)

International Social Service Hong Kong Branch

Hong Kong, China

Location

Study Officials

• Xiaonan Nancy YU, Doctoral

  City University of Hong Kong

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 28, 2023
• First Posted: August 4, 2023
• Study Start: September 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: April 30, 2024
• Study Completion: June 30, 2024
• Last Updated: March 5, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-03

Locations

CN (1)