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Protocol for randomized control trial of a digital-assisted parenting intervention for promoting Malaysian children’s mental health

BACKGROUND: Mental illness among Malaysian children is gradually reaching a fundamentally alarming point as it persistently shows increasing trend. The existing literature on the etiologies of children’s mental illness, highlights the most common cause to be ineffective or impaired parenting. Thus,...

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Autores principales: Zulkefly, Nor Sheereen, Schaff, Anis Raihan Dzeidee, Zaini, Nur Arfah, Mukhtar, Firdaus, Norowi, Noris Mohd, Dahlan, Rahima, Said, Salmiah Md.
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9541885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36211835
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.928895
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author Zulkefly, Nor Sheereen
Schaff, Anis Raihan Dzeidee
Zaini, Nur Arfah
Mukhtar, Firdaus
Norowi, Noris Mohd
Dahlan, Rahima
Said, Salmiah Md.
author_facet Zulkefly, Nor Sheereen
Schaff, Anis Raihan Dzeidee
Zaini, Nur Arfah
Mukhtar, Firdaus
Norowi, Noris Mohd
Dahlan, Rahima
Said, Salmiah Md.
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description BACKGROUND: Mental illness among Malaysian children is gradually reaching a fundamentally alarming point as it persistently shows increasing trend. The existing literature on the etiologies of children’s mental illness, highlights the most common cause to be ineffective or impaired parenting. Thus, efforts to combat mental illness in children should focus on improving the quality of parenting. Documented interventional studies focusing on this issue, particularly in Malaysia, are scarce and commonly report poor treatment outcomes stemming from inconvenient face-to-face instructions. Consequently, proposing an accessible online and digital-assisted parenting program is expected to reach a larger number of parents, as it can overcome substantial barriers. Hence, this study aims to develop a universal digital-assisted preventive parenting intervention called DaPI, that aims to enhance mental health of children in Malaysia. METHODS: A total of 200 parents of children aged 10–14 years will be recruited and randomized into two groups either intervention or waitlist-control based on a 1:1 ratio for a duration of 8 weeks. Those in the intervention group will receive eight sessions of the DaPI program that focus mainly on parenting and children’s mental health. The primary outcome of this study will essentially focus on the changes in parent-reported parenting behavior and parental self-efficacy. The secondary outcome will be changes in children’s mental health (i.e., behavioral problems and emotional maladjustment). Assessments will be arranged pre- and post-intervention as well as at the 1-month follow-up. Analyses will be conducted using a paired t-test and multivariate analysis of covariance. DISCUSSION: The expected outcome will be the establishment of DaPI in promoting children’s mental health by targeting changes in parenting behavior and parental self-efficacy in Malaysia. Findings from this study will be beneficial for policymakers to invest in parenting programs that could provide support to parents in enhancing their child’s overall development. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: [www.irct.ir], identifier [IRCT20211129053207N1].
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spelling pubmed-95418852022-10-08 Protocol for randomized control trial of a digital-assisted parenting intervention for promoting Malaysian children’s mental health Zulkefly, Nor Sheereen Schaff, Anis Raihan Dzeidee Zaini, Nur Arfah Mukhtar, Firdaus Norowi, Noris Mohd Dahlan, Rahima Said, Salmiah Md. Front Psychol Psychology BACKGROUND: Mental illness among Malaysian children is gradually reaching a fundamentally alarming point as it persistently shows increasing trend. The existing literature on the etiologies of children’s mental illness, highlights the most common cause to be ineffective or impaired parenting. Thus, efforts to combat mental illness in children should focus on improving the quality of parenting. Documented interventional studies focusing on this issue, particularly in Malaysia, are scarce and commonly report poor treatment outcomes stemming from inconvenient face-to-face instructions. Consequently, proposing an accessible online and digital-assisted parenting program is expected to reach a larger number of parents, as it can overcome substantial barriers. Hence, this study aims to develop a universal digital-assisted preventive parenting intervention called DaPI, that aims to enhance mental health of children in Malaysia. METHODS: A total of 200 parents of children aged 10–14 years will be recruited and randomized into two groups either intervention or waitlist-control based on a 1:1 ratio for a duration of 8 weeks. Those in the intervention group will receive eight sessions of the DaPI program that focus mainly on parenting and children’s mental health. The primary outcome of this study will essentially focus on the changes in parent-reported parenting behavior and parental self-efficacy. The secondary outcome will be changes in children’s mental health (i.e., behavioral problems and emotional maladjustment). Assessments will be arranged pre- and post-intervention as well as at the 1-month follow-up. Analyses will be conducted using a paired t-test and multivariate analysis of covariance. DISCUSSION: The expected outcome will be the establishment of DaPI in promoting children’s mental health by targeting changes in parenting behavior and parental self-efficacy in Malaysia. Findings from this study will be beneficial for policymakers to invest in parenting programs that could provide support to parents in enhancing their child’s overall development. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: [www.irct.ir], identifier [IRCT20211129053207N1]. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9541885/ /pubmed/36211835 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.928895 Text en Copyright © 2022 Zulkefly, Schaff, Zaini, Mukhtar, Norowi, Dahlan and Said. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Zulkefly, Nor Sheereen
Schaff, Anis Raihan Dzeidee
Zaini, Nur Arfah
Mukhtar, Firdaus
Norowi, Noris Mohd
Dahlan, Rahima
Said, Salmiah Md.
Protocol for randomized control trial of a digital-assisted parenting intervention for promoting Malaysian children’s mental health
title Protocol for randomized control trial of a digital-assisted parenting intervention for promoting Malaysian children’s mental health
title_full Protocol for randomized control trial of a digital-assisted parenting intervention for promoting Malaysian children’s mental health
title_fullStr Protocol for randomized control trial of a digital-assisted parenting intervention for promoting Malaysian children’s mental health
title_full_unstemmed Protocol for randomized control trial of a digital-assisted parenting intervention for promoting Malaysian children’s mental health
title_short Protocol for randomized control trial of a digital-assisted parenting intervention for promoting Malaysian children’s mental health
title_sort protocol for randomized control trial of a digital-assisted parenting intervention for promoting malaysian children’s mental health
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9541885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36211835
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.928895
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