Parents in Action: An Online Intervention Aimed at Parents' Well-being

NCT07458438 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: CNPq30667020216
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 150
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if an online intervention improves well-being in low-income parents with children aged between 3 and 6 years. The main question\[s\] it aims to answer \[is/are\]:

• Does life satisfaction improves after the online intervention?
• Do stress, anxiety and depression symptoms diminish after the online intervention? Researchers will compare parents who took the online intervention with parents who did not to see if the intervention makes parents feel more satisfied with life and less stressed, anxious and depressed. Participants will be interviewed about their own well-being, mental health and parenting practices and about their children's behavior and screen use before taking the online intervention. During the intervention, parents will watch videos, answer quizzes and do simple activities at home. After the online intervention, parents will be interviewed again about their own well-being, mental health and parenting practices and about their children's behavior and screen use before taking the online intervention.

Conditions

Psychiatric Aspects; Psychosocial Aspects

Keywords

parenthood; well-being; mental health; early childhood development

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• PANAS - Positive and Negative Affects Scale

  Evaluates subjective well-being emotional dimensions. The PANAS is a self-report instrument composed of 10 items that assess positive affect and 10 items that assess negative affect. The items consist of adjectives and are answered on a five-point Likert scale corresponding to how much a person feels the emotions described by the adjectives: (1) not at all; (2) a little; (3) moderately; (4) quite a lot; and (5) extremely. The sum of the scores of all items relating to each construct provides the total score for positive and negative affect. Some examples of items are: a) distressed; b) excited; c) inspired; and d) irritated.

  From enrollment to one week after the end of the intervention.

• LSS - Life Satisfaction Scale

  Assesses the cognitive dimension of subjective well-being. The instrument consists of five items that evaluate an individual's level of satisfaction with their living conditions. Each item is answered on a seven-point Likert scale ranging from (1) strongly disagree to (7) strongly agree. The sum of the scores for all items provides the total life satisfaction score. Some examples of items are: a) my life is close to my ideal; and b) if I could live my life again, I wouldn't change almost anything.

  From enrollment to one week after the end of the intervention.

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• DASS-21 - Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale

  From enrollment to one week after the end of the intervention

Other Outcomes (1)

• PAFAS - Parenting and Family Adjustment Scales

  From enrollment to one week after the end of the intervention

Study Arms (3)

Self-administered

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in this arm will undergo the self-administered version of the online intervention

Behavioral: Parapais em Ação

Mixed

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in this arm will undergo the mixed version of the online intervention that includes weekly online meetings with a psychologist

Behavioral: Parapais em Ação

wait list

NO INTERVENTION

Participants in this arm will undergo the self-administered version only after the posttest

Interventions

Parapais em Ação BEHAVIORAL

Parapais em Ação is a 10-week online program aimed at enhancing parents' well-being and mental health through psycho-educational videos, quizzes, practices of new skills. It was especially developed for Brazilian parents with children between 3 and 6 years of age.

Mixed; Self-administered

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 19 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• parents of children between 3 and 6 years of age
• parents must live with the child
• child must attend public school

You may not qualify if:

• parents under 19 years of age
• child with chronic disease or genetic syndromes
• lack of access to the internet or a digital device

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Federal University of Bahia: lead
• Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

CMEI União Bica do Rio

Salvador, Estado de Bahia, 41720-000, Brazil

RECRUITING

Related Links

• This is the website of the research lab that is doing the research. The website has a short video (in Portuguese) about the intervention.
• This Instagram profile has videos (in Portuguese) about the research

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Psychological Well-Being

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Personal Satisfaction; Behavior

Central Study Contacts

Patrícia Alvarenga, Ph.D.

CONTACT

55(71)999594437; palvarenga66@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: CARE PROVIDER
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: Three groups will be compared: self-administered online intervention, mixed online intervention and wait list

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 4, 2026
• First Posted: March 9, 2026
• Study Start: June 1, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): July 31, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2027
• Last Updated: March 11, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

BR (1)