Parental Cognitions and Children's Wellbeing

NCT06159738 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: AC21089
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 90
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The current study aims to address the research limitations in previous studies by adopting a longitudinal design to investigate the associations between parental cognitions (parental expectations, parental beliefs, and parental attributional styles) and adolescents' wellbeing, resilience, and coping strategies across an extended period. Two main research questions were posed: 1) What are the associations between parental cognition factors (parental attribution, parental expectations, and parental beliefs and adolescents' outcomes (wellbeing, resilience, and stress-coping)? 2) Which parental cognition factor has the highest probability in predicting the changes of adolescents' wellbeing, resilience, and coping strategies over time? To answer these research questions, bayesian regression analysis was used to identify the best fitting model of adolescents' wellbeing outcomes and to discern the risk and protective roles of parental cognition factors within the model. Bayesian regression approach also enables the assignment of probabilities to each parental cognition factor, quantifying their credibly in relation to adolescents' wellbeing outcomes.

Conditions

Adolescent Development

Keywords

wellbeing; parental cognitions; resilience; coping

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Wellbeing

  Adolescents' wellbeing (quality of life) measured by KIDCSREEN-27

  6 months

• Resilience

  Adolescents' trait resilience measured by Conner Davidson Resilience Scale

  6 months

• Coping Styles

  Adolescents' coping styles measured by Brief Coping Scale

  6 months

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 11 Years - 16 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

93 parents who has an adolescent aged between 11 to 16 years old were recruited. Only 65 of them had their adolescents to agree to sign up. This result in a 65 dyads of parents and adolescents in total. 39 of them were recruited through secondary state schools, primary state schools, and independent schools in Scotland, England, and Ireland. 15 participants were recruited through a Parent Webinar hosted by the research team. 6 participants were recruited from parenting and child organisations (Glasgow City Parents Group, Shared Parenting Scotland, Connect Scotland, Parental Minds, and the LUNA Project). 5 participants were recruited through research social account on Facebook and Twitter.

You may qualify if:

• Criteria for participation were parents and their adolescents aged 11 to 16 years old who have no neurodevelopmental conditions reported by parents (specifically to developmental disorders that may include learning difficulties, such as ASD, ADHD, and intellectual disability).

You may not qualify if:

• Adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders, adolescents aged younger than 11 years old or older than 16 years old, and adolescents and parents who are not fluent in English will also be excluded as the measurements in this study are written in English.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Edinburgh: lead

Study Sites (1)

The University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, United Kingdom

Location

Study Officials

• Hungtzu Tai

  University of Edinburgh

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 28, 2023
• First Posted: December 7, 2023
• Study Start: October 31, 2021
• Primary Completion: November 15, 2023
• Study Completion: November 15, 2023
• Last Updated: December 7, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-11

Locations

GB (1)