Parent-Child Relations, Parenting, Relation, Family, Tantrum
Conditions
Keywords
MTurk
Brief summary
Subjects are users on Amazon's Mechanical Turk (MTurk) platform. MTurk users will be asked to complete a screening survey about family structure. The purpose of the screening survey is to identify MTurk users who are biological mothers of children aged 1.5 to 6 years old, and to collect survey information on how mothers interact with their children, with the aim of better understanding family relationships.
Detailed description
This is a feasibility study that aims to identify a panel of biological mothers of children aged 1.5 to 6 years old from an online pool of participants on Amazon's Mechanical Turk (MTurk; www.mturk.com). MTurk is a novel method to recruit participants from online behavioral studies. Although MTurk workers are anonymous, demographic surveys from previous studies conducted on the web platform indicate that the majority of MTurk users are females living in the U.S. The participant pool may be of scientific interest in pursuing studies that investigate patterns of behaviors and other information pertaining to mothers. A panel of mothers that fit screening criteria may be helpful for future planned studies on attitudes, behavior, and practices surrounding mothering. The MTurk mothers panel will be eligible to participate in future studies involving knowledge, attitudes, and practices of their motherhood and of emotional connection with their children.
Interventions
OTHEROnline Survey completion
Eligible participants will complete surveys electronically via Amazon's mTurk platform
Sponsors
Einhorn Family Charitable Trust
Columbia University
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 55 Years
Inclusion criteria
* Biological mothers of children between ages 1.5-6 living in the US
Exclusion criteria
* Not having reliable internet access
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Correlations between survey items | Day 1 | Descriptive statistics and correlations will be generated to show the basic participant characteristics captured during the data collection and whether the survey items correlate with each other. Survey items include the Parental Burnout Assessment, the Temper Loss Scale, and two surveys created by Dr. Welch at the Nurture Science Program: the Welch Emotional Connection Screen-Parent Report, as well as a tantrum questionnaire. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed