START Childcare - evaluation of a mentalization-based and attachment-oriented early prevention program for the daycare context

START Childcare - evaluation of a mentalization-based and attachment-oriented early prevention program for the daycare context - START Childcare

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00028542

Enrollment

Registered

2023-01-31

Start date

2021-10-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

trauma-associated symptomatology in daycare children after potentially traumatic refugee experiences.

Interventions

Group 1: Mentalization-based and attachment-oriented training program

daycare professionals are trained for trauma and culturally sensitive aspects of daycare children and their parents with refugee experience and/or a migration background. The training includes two blo

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: daycare professionals: Employed in a daycare institution with children with migration background and/or refugee experience aged 0 to 3 years Parents: Migration and/or refugee experience At least one child under 3 years of age who lives predominantly with the parent Consent to study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: missing consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Perceived stress of the daycare professionals before the training (T0), after participation (T1), after 6 months (T2) and after 12 months (T3) using: PSS10 (Perceived Stress Scale-10), ERI (Effort-Reward-Imbalance), HSCL-25 (Hopkins Symptom Checklist 25), WHO-5 (5-item World Health Organization Well-Being Index), MAS (Mentalized Affectivity Scale), MZQ (Mentalization Questionnaire), AMQ (Affective Mentalizing Questionnaire) and DERS-SF (Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale - Short Form)	—

Measure

Time frame

Perceived stress of the daycare professionals before the training (T0), after participation (T1), after 6 months (T2) and after 12 months (T3) using: PSS10 (Perceived Stress Scale-10), ERI (Effort-Reward-Imbalance), HSCL-25 (Hopkins Symptom Checklist 25), WHO-5 (5-item World Health Organization Well-Being Index), MAS (Mentalized Affectivity Scale), MZQ (Mentalization Questionnaire), AMQ (Affective Mentalizing Questionnaire) and DERS-SF (Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale - Short Form)

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Parents' perceived stress, child trauma symptomatology and child development at the time of settling in (T1), after 6 months (T2) and after 12 months (T3) using: PSS10 (Perceived Stress Scale-10), PMLD (Post-Migration Living Difficulties Questionnaire), HSCL-25 (Hopkins Symptom Checklist 25), PCL-5 (PTSD Checklist for DSM-5), CBCL 1. 5-5 (Child Behaviour Checklist 1.5-5), YCPC (Young Child PTSD Checklist), SWYC (The Survey of Wellbeing of Young Children)	—

Measure

Time frame

Parents' perceived stress, child trauma symptomatology and child development at the time of settling in (T1), after 6 months (T2) and after 12 months (T3) using: PSS10 (Perceived Stress Scale-10), PMLD (Post-Migration Living Difficulties Questionnaire), HSCL-25 (Hopkins Symptom Checklist 25), PCL-5 (PTSD Checklist for DSM-5), CBCL 1. 5-5 (Child Behaviour Checklist 1.5-5), YCPC (Young Child PTSD Checklist), SWYC (The Survey of Wellbeing of Young Children)

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactSvenja Taubner

Institut für Psychosoziale Prävention, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg

svenja.taubner@med.uni-heidelberg.de+496221564700

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026