Suboptimal psychological well-being in children can have substantial negative effects on their physical health, academic performance, and lifelong health. Preliminary evidence supports that self-compassion have positive impacts on psychological well-being in elderly, adults, and adolescents, but there is apparently lack of this kind of evidence in children. Involvement of parents in the program potentially optimize the effects, this study thus designs a dyadic parent-child self-compassion program (DPC-SC) and aim to examine its effects on children's psychological well-being.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
30
The dyadic parent-child self-compassion program is designed by the research team and validated by a panel of experts. It includes 5 weekly sessions. Each session lasts for 60 minutes. The dyads will be guided to do self-compassion practices (e.g. affectionate breathing, compassionate letters to oneself etc). Didactic topics, inquiry, and home practices are also involved.
Psychological well-being (child)
Chinese version of the Psychological Well-Being Scale (C-PWBS)
Time frame: Baseline, immediately after intervention
Perceived stress levels (Child)
Chinese version of the 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10)
Time frame: Baseline, immediately after intervention
Self-compassion levels (Child)
Chinese version of the Self-Compassion Scale for Youth (SCS-Y)
Time frame: Baseline, immediately after intervention
Self-compassion levels (parents)
Chinese version of the self-compassion scale (SCS)
Time frame: Baseline, immediately after intervention
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