Condition: Child Development · Child Behavioral Problems · Parent Child Relationship · Sponsor: National University of Singapore
The LOVING study is a randomized controlled trial designed to determine whether adaptations to an internationally recognized parenting program that enhances sensitive caregiving likewise improves sensitive caregiving in Singapore and, in turn, downstream child outcomes in emotional, behavioral, and cognitive development during the early childhood years. Research shows that sensitive caregiving is linked to secure relationships, decreased child mental health problems, better executive functioning, and potentially healthier body mass indices. The Video Feedback to Improve Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline (VIPP-SD) program is an internationally recognized home-based intervention designed to enhance sensitive caregiving. However, evidence demonstrating its efficacy in Asia remains extremely limited. Moreover, most previous evaluations have focused primarily on parenting or child mental health outcomes, with newer work only beginning to focus upon additional child outcomes. In this study, families with young children from median-income and below households living in Singapore will be randomly assigned to one of three groups. Some families will participate in a locally adapted version of the home-based VIPP-SD program that includes additional health-related scenarios (VIPP-SD-SingH). Other families will be assigned to CARE-SD, which was developed within the context of proof-of-concept research. CARE-SD is a standardized, digitally delivered parenting program using vica…
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Christy Yifan Jiang, PhD · 80695639 · jyifan@nus.edu.sg
Shamini Sanmugam, MA · 80695639 · shamini.sanmugam@nus.edu.sg
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| Insitute of Human Development and Potential, Agency for Science and Technology Research (A*STAR) | Singapore, Singapore, Singapore | Recruiting |
| National University of Singapore | Singapore, Singapore, Singapore | Recruiting |
| KK Women and Children's Hospital | Singapore, Singapore, Singapore | Recruiting |
| National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University | Singapore, Singapore, Singapore | Recruiting |
| Nanyang Technological University | Singapore, Singapore, Singapore | Recruiting |
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