Emotional Intelligence, Health Behavior
Conditions
Keywords
social and emotional competence, healthy lifestyles, children, educational programme
Brief summary
The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether an intervention based on the social and emotional competence development improves the healthy lifestyles adoption in young children.
Detailed description
This study has designed, implemented and evaluated an intervention to promote healthy lifestyles in children addressing the development of the social and emotional competence. This research followed the first three stages of the Medical Research Council framework for complex interventions: the theoretical, modeling phase and the exploratory trial. A randomised control trial with 37 children (5 y 6 years old) was conducted at the exploratory trial. The first unit was implemented in 8 sessions. A multi-method and multi-informant approach was used to assess the preliminary efficacy, acceptability and feasibility of the programme.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALCRECES programme
The first unit of CRECES programme was implemented in 8 sessions. Each session was 40-50 minutes long and delivered during four weeks. Parents were provided with home-extension activities.
Sponsors
Fundación Caja Navarra
Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
5 Years to 6 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Children aged 5 and 6 enrolled in a public school in the north of Spain
Exclusion criteria
* Children with severe cognitive or language special needs
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Changes on children's emotional knowledge | Baseline; Post-test (1 month), 7 months follow-up | Directly measured on children by PERCEVAL test (Mestre, J. M., Guil, R., Martínez-Cabañas, F., Escandón, C. L., y Gonzalez de la Torre, G. (2011). |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Changes on the total and parcial dimensions (cooperation, independence and interaction) of children's basic social skills | Baseline, post-test (1 month) and 7 months follow-up | Reported by parents by Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scales (PKBS-II; Merrell, 2003). |
| Changes on the total and parcial dimensions (comfort, satisfaction, resilience, risk avoidance and achievement) of children's health profile | Baseline, post-test (1 month) and 7 months follow-up | Reported by children and parents by Child Health and Illness Profile-CHILDREN Edition (CHIP-CE; Rajmil, L., Serra-Sutton, V., Alonso, J., Herdman, M., Riley, A., y Starfield, B. (2003) |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Acceptability of the programme by children and parents who took part in | post-test (1 month) | Explored by semi-structured interviews with children and parents |
| Efficacy on children social and emotional skills and healthy habits adoption perceived by parents | post-test (1 month) | Explored by semi-structured interviews with parents |
| Feasibility of the programme's implementation | Baseline | Examined by researcher's field diary |
Outcome results
None listed