Virtual Reality (VR) Regulators

University of Miami151 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to test how well a virtual reality simulation helps adults learn new skills for managing children's emotions.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

151

Conditions

Emotion Regulation

Interventions

Virtual RealityBEHAVIORAL

The virtual reality simulation includes a one time viewing of a brief video tutorial and then trying out a one time virtual reality simulation with a child avatar that takes 10-20 minutes to complete in-person.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Adult 18 years old or higher AND * Caregiver of a child ages 3-6 years old OR educator or child allied health or medical professional that regularly works with children ages 3-6 years old Exclusion Criteria: * adults who do not speak English or Spanish * adults with a history of significant motion sickness, active nausea, and vomiting or epilepsy

Locations (1)

University of Miami

Miami, Florida, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Adult Emotion Regulation as measured by the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale

Score ranges from 18-90 with higher scores representing more problems with emotion regulation.

Time frame: Baseline

Changes in adult responses to child emotions as measured by the Adult Responses to Young Children's Strong Emotions Scale

Score ranges from 7-35 with higher scores representing a higher frequency of reported or planned use of adaptive emotion regulation responses to children

Time frame: Baseline, up to 10 minutes post-intervention, 1 month post-intervention

Secondary Outcomes

Satisfaction as measured by the Virtual Reality Satisfaction Survey

Score ranges from 5-25 with higher scores representing higher satisfaction with the virtual reality simulation

Time frame: up to 10 minutes post-intervention

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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