[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"health-studies-list:{\"conditionNormalized\":\"parenting-stress\",\"overallStatus\":[\"RECRUITING\",\"AVAILABLE\",\"NOT_YET_RECRUITING\"],\"orderBy\":\"LastUpdateSubmitDate:desc\",\"size\":25,\"offset\":0}":3,"health-study-condition:parenting-stress":28},{"pageToken":4,"total":5,"offset":6,"count":5,"results":7},null,5,0,[8,49,81,112,140],{"id":9,"slug":10,"hasResults":11,"nctId":12,"briefTitle":13,"officialTitle":14,"acronym":4,"eligibilityCriteria":15,"healthyVolunteers":16,"sex":17,"minAge":18,"maxAge":19,"enrollmentInfo":20,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":23,"phases":24,"briefSummary":26,"conditions":27,"keywords":31,"overallStatus":37,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":38,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":39,"startDateStruct":42,"completionDateStruct":44,"leadSponsor":46,"locationsCount":4},"100643902","development--validation-of-a-life-balance-program-for-parents-of-preschoolers-a-pilot-study-100643902",false,"NCT07669896","Development & Validation of a Life Balance Program for Parents of Preschoolers: A Pilot Study","A Wonderful Life is Not a Dream-A Pilot Study on the Development and Effectiveness Validation of the Life Balance Improvement Program for Parents of Preschool Children","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Parents aged 18 to 65 years who have at least one preschool child aged 0 to 6 years\n* The primary caregiver of the child\n* Self-perceived poor life balance or high parenting stress\n* Self-perceived depressive or anxiety symptoms, with at least mild depression as indicated by the Beck Depression Inventory, or at least mild anxiety as indicated by the Beck Anxiety Inventory\n* Able to communicate in Mandarin Chinese and comply with the study procedures, including interviews and self-administered questionnaires\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* The child has been diagnosed by a physician with a major physical illness, mental illness, or neurodevelopmental disorder\n* The parent has been diagnosed by a physician with a major physical or mental illness requiring long-term treatment",true,"ALL","18 Years","65 Years",{"count":21,"type":22},30,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[25],"NA","This study aims to examine the relationships among life balance, parenting stress, and mental health in parents of preschool children, and to develop an individualized life balance promotion program for this population. Parents of preschool children will be recruited to support program development and to evaluate its feasibility and effectiveness.",[28,29,30],"Parenting Stress","Mental Health","Occupational Balance",[32,30,28,33,34,35,36],"Preschool Parents","Depression","Anxiety","Group Intervention","Individualized intervention","NOT_YET_RECRUITING","2026-06-21",{"date":40,"type":41},"2026-06-25","ACTUAL",{"date":43,"type":22},"2026-07",{"date":45,"type":22},"2027-12",{"name":47,"class":48},"Chung Shan Medical University","OTHER",{"id":50,"slug":51,"hasResults":11,"nctId":52,"briefTitle":53,"officialTitle":54,"acronym":4,"eligibilityCriteria":55,"healthyVolunteers":11,"sex":17,"minAge":4,"maxAge":4,"enrollmentInfo":56,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":58,"phases":4,"briefSummary":59,"conditions":60,"keywords":65,"overallStatus":37,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":72,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":73,"startDateStruct":75,"completionDateStruct":77,"leadSponsor":79,"locationsCount":4},"100638722","act-dad-interview-act-for-fathers-of-children-with-special-needs-100638722","NCT07591636","ACT Dad Interview: ACT for Fathers of Children With Special Needs","A Qualitative Study to Develop a Protocol Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Fathers of Children With Special Needs in Improving Their Psychological Flexibility and Mental Health","Informants will include 2 groups, 1) fathers rearing children with special needs and 2) social workers.\n\nFor fathers,\n\nInclusion Criteria:\n\n1. are the biological fathers of children aged 2 to 12 years,\n2. are with a child having a formal diagnosis of a developmental disability, including autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit\u002Fhyperactivity disorder, intellectual disability, or related neurodevelopmental conditions,\n3. are able to speak Cantonese and read Chinese.\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n1. Fathers with physical or cognitive impairment\n2. Father with learning problems as identified from NGO or related medical records\n\nFor social workers,\n\nInclusion Criteria:\n\n1. have experience in working with biological fathers of children aged 2 to 12 years who have a formal diagnosis of a developmental disability, including autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit\u002Fhyperactivity disorder, intellectual disability, or related neurodevelopmental conditions,\n2. are able to speak Cantonese and read Chinese.",{"count":57,"type":22},20,"OBSERVATIONAL","The goal of this qualitative study is to develop a therapy protocol for fathers of children with special needs in Hong Kong. The therapy is called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which helps people cope with difficult emotions by building psychological flexibility - the ability to accept and adjust to hard situations. The main questions it aims to answer are:\n\n1. What are the experiences and needs of fathers raising children with special needs?\n2. What content and format of an ACT programme would be most helpful for these fathers?\n\nResearchers will conduct focus group interviews with two groups of participants: fathers raising children with special needs and social workers who work with these families. The interviews will take about 60 to 90 minutes each.\n\nParticipants will:\n\n1. Take part in a recorded focus group interview\n2. Share their experiences, challenges, and views on what an ACT program should include\n\nThe findings will be used to develop a protocol for an ACT programme to improve the mental health of fathers raising children with special needs.",[61,28,62,63,64],"Caregiver Mental Health","Developmental Disabilities","Special Needs Children","FATHER",[66,67,68,69,70,71],"mental health","Father","psychological flexibility","Acceptance and Commitment Therapy","Qualitative Study","Special Needs","2026-05-09",{"date":74,"type":41},"2026-05-18",{"date":76,"type":22},"2026-05-01",{"date":78,"type":22},"2027-05-01",{"name":80,"class":48},"The Hong Kong Polytechnic University",{"id":82,"slug":83,"hasResults":11,"nctId":84,"briefTitle":85,"officialTitle":86,"acronym":4,"eligibilityCriteria":87,"healthyVolunteers":16,"sex":17,"minAge":4,"maxAge":4,"enrollmentInfo":88,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":23,"phases":90,"briefSummary":91,"conditions":92,"keywords":96,"overallStatus":101,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":102,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":103,"startDateStruct":105,"completionDateStruct":107,"leadSponsor":109,"locationsCount":111},"100583432","sbir-sttr-family-check-up-online-100583432","NCT06876246","SBIR\u002F STTR Family Check-up Online","A Digital Health Technology to Prevent Family Violence and Improve Child Mental Health","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* A caregiver must have a child between the ages of 11 and 14 enrolled at a participating school;\n* the caregiver must be the parent or legal guardian of the youth;\n* the caregiver must have a smartphone with text messaging capability and access to email; and\n* the youth must be identified by school providers as needing or being eligible for Tier 2 or Tier 3 supports or services.\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* the caregiver is unable to read in either English or Spanish; or\n* the family is already participating in another study of the University of Oregon's Prevention Science Institute.",{"count":89,"type":22},1270,[25],"The Family Check-Up Online, a digital health intervention, was designed to improve child mental health through family-centered intervention. The Family Check-Up is grounded in over 25 years of evidence-based research and has been shown to improve child mental health and behavior including depression and conduct problems. The investigators were supported by an SBIR Phase I award (R43MH132191) to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the digital health product in schools and to adapt the product based on findings of that work. Findings from that project suggested the model is a good fit for schools, with school providers stating a need for family-centered interventions that target child behavior and mental health, but with few resources or evidence-based programs available. The research team received feedback that suggests the model should be evaluated as both an uncoached version and coached version, delivered with provider support. In the current project, the investigators plan to continue work in schools to develop the model for commercialization, including understanding the process for embedding the FCU Online into current student support systems and implementation factors that lead to maintenance of the model in schools. The investigators plan to conduct a hybrid type 2 effectiveness-implementation trial to evaluate the effectiveness of the FCU Online when delivered by real world providers. Thirty providers (N=600 students\u002Ffamilies) will be randomly assigned to receive training in the FCU Online coached vs. uncoached models. The research team will then evaluate outcomes including family relationships, parenting skills, and child mental health and behavior. The investigators predict that the FCU Online will improve child mental health and behavior, and will test for moderators such as provider training and child baseline risk. Findings will have implications for commercialization of the product in schools and implementation of the model in a range of different school settings.",[29,28,93,94,95],"Academic Achievement","Parenting Skills","Behavior Problems",[97,98,66,99,100],"digital health","implementation science","family intervention","school-based intervention","RECRUITING","2026-04-27",{"date":104,"type":41},"2026-04-29",{"date":106,"type":41},"2025-01-20",{"date":108,"type":22},"2027-12-31",{"name":110,"class":48},"University of Oregon",1,{"id":113,"slug":114,"hasResults":11,"nctId":115,"briefTitle":116,"officialTitle":117,"acronym":4,"eligibilityCriteria":118,"healthyVolunteers":11,"sex":17,"minAge":18,"maxAge":119,"enrollmentInfo":120,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":23,"phases":122,"briefSummary":123,"conditions":124,"keywords":126,"overallStatus":37,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":131,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":132,"startDateStruct":134,"completionDateStruct":136,"leadSponsor":138,"locationsCount":111},"100634009","preliminary-efficacy-of-the-adoptmindful2careweb-a-web-based-mindful-parenting-post-adoption-intervention-for-adoptive-parents-100634009","NCT07534111","Preliminary Efficacy of the AdoptMindful2Care@Web: A Web-Based Mindful Parenting Post-Adoption Intervention for Adoptive Parents","Adopting eMental Health IV: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial to Evaluate a Web-Based Mindful Parenting Post-Adoption Intervention","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Have at least one adoptive child aged under 18 years\n* Have an adoption decreed by the court less than 24 months ago\n* Have no other adoption process in progress\n* Have reading and writing abilities in the Portuguese language\n* Have regular access to the internet and electronic devices\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Presence of a severe mental disorder (e.g., schizophrenia, substance abuse, bipolar disorder).\n* Have previously participated in the face-to-face, group-based version of the programme (pAdoptMindful2Care)","99 Years",{"count":121,"type":22},90,[25],"The development of post-adoption interventions aimed at promoting parental well-being and positive parenting is an urgent need. Mindful Parenting-based interventions appear to be particularly promising in this field, as they address parents' needs in coping with the emotional challenges of parenting and seem to foster greater compassionate, non-judgmental acceptance toward themselves and their children, as well as enhance the self-regulation of immediate emotional states in favor of long-term goals that support the parent-child relationship. However, the delivery of such interventions in face-to-face formats for adoptive parents (APs), particularly within the scope of universal prevention, faces considerable barriers (e.g., wide geographical dispersion of APs, limited mental health specialization among adoption service teams). eHealth tools represent an innovative pathway for intervention that may help overcome these barriers, given their multiple advantages, including: (1) improved access to healthcare regardless of time and location, (2) greater user autonomy in managing their own care, and (3) enhanced quality and innovation in service delivery, supported by the diversity, efficiency, and technological advancement of these systems. The primary goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of AdoptMindful2Care@Web, a new 9-module, web-based post-adoption psychological intervention grounded in the principles of mindful parenting.\n\nThis pilot randomized controlled trial, with a two-arm design, precedes the full RCT planned as AdoptMindful2Care@Web. It is open to mothers and fathers who have at least one adoptive child under 18 years of age, whose adoption was legally decreed by the court less than 24 months prior to enrollment, who are not involved in any other ongoing adoption process, who are able to read and write in Portuguese, and who have regular access to the internet and electronic devices. A minimum of 90 families will be recruited with the support of all Portuguese governmental adoption agencies. After expressing interest in participating through an expression-of-interest form available on the project website, a member of the research team will contact them by telephone to conduct an initial screening (brief interview), with the following aims: (1) to clarify any questions regarding the study and (2) to assess their eligibility for participation (i.e., to confirm whether they meet the inclusion criteria and do not fall under any exclusion criteria). At the end of the telephone screening, they will be informed of the decision of eligibility. If deemed eligible and willing to participate, a specific date and time will be scheduled for completion of the online study assessment protocol corresponding to the first assessment point (T0). To support adherence to this appointment, a reminder will be sent on the scheduled day (via text message or email, as applicable).\n\nEligible participants will be randomly assigned to either the intervention group (AdoptMindful2Care@Web) or a waitlist control group (participants will receive the intervention after the study concludes). The intervention includes eight core modules plus a follow-up module, all carried out via an online platform, each lasting approximately 40 minutes. Participants in both groups will complete assessments at four time points: baseline, post-intervention, 1- and 2-month follow-up. These assessments will include both self-report (e.g., parenting stress) and hetero-report measures (e.g., children's emotional and developmental difficulties).",[28,125],"Positive Mental Health",[28,125,127,128,129,130],"Mindful Parenting Intervention","Adoptive Parents","Post-Adoption","Web-Based","2026-04-16",{"date":133,"type":41},"2026-04-21",{"date":135,"type":22},"2026-04",{"date":137,"type":22},"2028-08",{"name":139,"class":48},"University of Coimbra",{"id":141,"slug":142,"hasResults":11,"nctId":143,"briefTitle":144,"officialTitle":145,"acronym":4,"eligibilityCriteria":146,"healthyVolunteers":16,"sex":17,"minAge":18,"maxAge":4,"enrollmentInfo":147,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":23,"phases":149,"briefSummary":150,"conditions":151,"keywords":153,"overallStatus":101,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":156,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":157,"startDateStruct":159,"completionDateStruct":161,"leadSponsor":163,"locationsCount":111},"100619529","a-pilot-study-on-an-act-based-program-for-individuals-with-special-needs-and-their-caregivers-100619529","NCT07345806","A Pilot Study on an ACT-Based Program for Individuals With Special Needs and Their Caregivers","Promoting Wellbeing and Personal Values: A Pilot Study on a Group-Based Program for Individuals With Special Needs and Their Caregivers","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* be at or older than 18 years old\n* understand Cantonese\n* read as well as write Chinese\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* with borderline or greater intellectual deficits\n* weak language abilities\n* severe conditions related to mental, emotional, and\u002For behavioral functioning",{"count":148,"type":22},62,[25],"Parenting children with special health care needs can be stressful and weigh on the caregivers' mental health. For the individuals with special needs, the mismatch between their needs and the normative practice in the world around them can be frustrating and detrimental to their functioning. The demands and concerns to these families can be so real that it may not be sensible to examine the validity or helpfulness of the distressing thoughts or feelings but to promote psychological flexibility, which is a key to value-guided living. This pilot study explores the effects and feasibility of a group-based intervention for families of individuals with special health care needs.",[28,152],"Psychological Flexibility",[69,154,155],"Adults with SENs","Parents of Children with SENs","2026-01-07",{"date":158,"type":41},"2026-01-16",{"date":160,"type":41},"2025-10-14",{"date":162,"type":22},"2027-03-31",{"name":164,"class":48},"The University of Hong Kong"]