Balancing Emotions and Electronics: A Pilot Intervention for Preschoolers
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Screen Media Use
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Healthy Volunteers Welcome
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
At a Glance
- Age
- 30 Months – 54 Months
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 30 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital · Other
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About This Trial
This study is testing a brief, virtual therapy for caregivers of preschool children. The goal is to reduce use of screen time to regulate young children's emotions and boredom, i.e. "regulatory screen use" (RSU). We expect that RSU negatively impacts young children's ability to cope with emotions and boredom. Thus, reducing RSU should improve children's self-regulation. The intervention will inclu…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Caregiver endorses regulatory screen use
* Child age 30-54 months at enrollment
* English speaking
Exclusion Criteria:
* Intellectual disability or global developmental delay
* Autism spectrum disorder
* Child in the custody of DCF
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