Emotional Disturbances
Conditions
Brief summary
The study is a randomized controlled trial evaluating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of Tuning in to Kids (TIK) compared to treatment as usual (TAU). Participants are recruited among referred children aged 2-5 years with difficulties with emotion regulation. The study setting is Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services clinics. Parents of children randomized to TIK will attend 8 two-hourly group sessions. A brief version of TIK will be offered to the child's daycare teacher. Participants are assessed at baseline, week 12 and month 9 after inclusion. The primary clinical outcome is Coping with Toddlers' Negative Emotions Scale.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALTuning in to Kids
A psychosocial intervention focusing on emotion socialization and emotion coaching.
BEHAVIORALTreatment as usual
See description included in arm/Group description.
Sponsors
University of Oslo
University of Melbourne
Extrastiftelsen
University Hospital, Akershus
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
Outcome assessors are blinded to treatment condition and receive no information about which treatment the participant will receive or have received.
Intervention model description
A randomized controlled trial with two arms.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
2 Years to 5 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Referred children aged 2-5 years * The child is enrolled in daycare * The child is displaying problems with emotional dysregulation
Exclusion criteria
* Parent not sufficiently proficient in Norwegian Language to Complete assessment * Child Protective Services have ongoing assessment where the outcome may be that the child will be placed in care outside of the home of the biological parent(s) or other current caregiver * The child has already been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Coping with Toddlers' Negative Emotion Scale | CTNES will be completed at baseline, post treatment (week 12) and follow-up month 9 after inclusion) to evaluate change from baseline to post-treatment and follow-up. | A measure of parental behaviors in respond to toddlers' emotions. CTNES consists of 12 hypothetical situation where parents rate their likelihood of responding in six different ways on a scale from 1 (very unlikely) to 7 (very likely). |
Countries
Norway
Outcome results
None listed