Acceptance and feasibility of online interventions for children

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00037811

Enrollment

Registered

2025-09-03

Start date

2025-09-09

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-04-27

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Conditions

F91 F92 F93 F94 F98

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention group: Children aged 4 to 8 complete the digital training program Zirkus Empathico (www.zirkus-empathico.de) independently at home over a period of three weeks. Approximately 60

a training manual is available.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

4 Years to 8 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Cognitive and/or linguistic development level (German) of the child of at least 4 years (according to the parents) 2. Parent participating in the study with a knowledge of German of at least B2 according to the European Framework of Reference for Languages 3. Availability of an internet-enabled device and internet connection in the family

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Severely impaired and uncorrected vision or hearing in the child

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Measure at the pre-examination (T0) as well as the post-examination (T1): Emotion regulation: Emotion-Regulation-Checklist (ERC; Shields & Cicchetti, 1997, subscale)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Measures at the pre-examination (T0) as well as the post-examination (T1): 1. Instability/negativity: Emotion Regulation Checklist (ERC; Shields & Cicchetti, 1997; subscale) 2. Parental stress: K-10 screening scale for non-specific psychological distress (K-10; Giesinger et al., 2008). 3. Quality of parent-child relationship: Parent Stress Inventory, subscale ‘Attachment’ (EBI; Tröster, 2011) Additional measures at the post-examination (T1): 1. Acceptance of use (‘intention to use’) and factors associated with acceptance: adapted questionnaire ‘Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2’ (UTAUT-2, Harborth & Pape, 2018) 2. Single items on subjectively perceived positive behavioural changes in the child 3. Parental satisfaction with training: single items (based on the Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire, ZUF-8, Schmidt et al., 1989) 4. Risk assessment: single items on negative changes (based on the Negative Effects Questionnaire; Rozental & Carlbring, 2017) 5. Child's gaming experience: for children from grade 2 onwards: short interview via ZOOM; Kids Game Experience Questionnaire (KidsGEQ; Pohls, 2009), single items on satisfaction	—

Measure

Time frame

Measures at the pre-examination (T0) as well as the post-examination (T1): 1. Instability/negativity: Emotion Regulation Checklist (ERC; Shields & Cicchetti, 1997; subscale) 2. Parental stress: K-10 screening scale for non-specific psychological distress (K-10; Giesinger et al., 2008). 3. Quality of parent-child relationship: Parent Stress Inventory, subscale ‘Attachment’ (EBI; Tröster, 2011) Additional measures at the post-examination (T1): 1. Acceptance of use (‘intention to use’) and factors associated with acceptance: adapted questionnaire ‘Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2’ (UTAUT-2, Harborth & Pape, 2018) 2. Single items on subjectively perceived positive behavioural changes in the child 3. Parental satisfaction with training: single items (based on the Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire, ZUF-8, Schmidt et al., 1989) 4. Risk assessment: single items on negative changes (based on the Negative Effects Questionnaire; Rozental & Carlbring, 2017) 5. Child's gaming experience: for children from grade 2 onwards: short interview via ZOOM; Kids Game Experience Questionnaire (KidsGEQ; Pohls, 2009), single items on satisfaction

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactSimone Kirst

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

simone.kirst@hu-berlin.de+49 30 2093 98752

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: May 1, 2026