A Smart Toy Intervention to Promote Emotion Regulation in Middle Childhood: Feasibility Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A common challenge with existing psycho-social prevention interventions for children is the lack of effective, engaging, and scalable delivery mechanisms, especially beyond in-person therapeutic or school-based contexts. Although digital technology has the potential to address these issues, existing research on technology-enabled interventions for families remains limited. This paper focuses on emotion regulation (ER) as an example of a core protective factor that is commonly targeted by prevention interventions.

Objective

The aim of this pilot study was to provide an initial validation of the logic model and feasibility of in situ deployment for a new technology-enabled intervention, designed to support children's in-the-moment ER efforts. The novelty of the prop

SUBMITTER: Theofanopoulou N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6699114 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature