4Rs for a Better Family

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects of a family conflict intervention in Chinese New Arrival families in Hong Kong. The main questions it aims to answer are: Is the family conflict intervention group more effective to improve parent-child conflict resolution skills compared to the control group? Is the family conflict intervention group more effective to improve parental conflict resolution skills compared to the control group? Is the family conflict intervention group more effective to enhance family resilience compared to the control group? Participants will be randomly assigned to one of the two groups: the family conflict intervention group and the handcraft-making group. For each group, parents will participate in 3 sessions independently, children will participate in 2 sessions independently, and parents and children will jointly participate in 1 session. Each session takes around 2 hours, and it takes 4 weeks to complete the full intervention. The family conflict intervention sessions include an introduction to the occurrence of family conflicts, communication skills training to prevent and address conflicts, and role play to practice the skills, etc. Researchers will compare the family conflict intervention group and the handcraft-making group to see if the family conflict intervention group is effective in promoting conflict resolution skills, reducing family conflicts, and enhancing family resilience.

Official Title
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4Rs for a Better Family (Review, Refresh, Restore, Rebuild) 家好之四重計劃: 重溫、重整、重塑、重建

Conditions
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Family Relations

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: family conflict intervention group
* Behavioral: handicraft-making group


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Parents who have newly arrived in Hong Kong for less than seven years, and their children who are studying in primary school grade 4 to secondary school form 3; or New arrivals who have settled in Hong Kong for less than seven years and are studying in primary school grade 4 to secondary school form 3, and their parents; and Parents and children must live together; and Parents and children must participate together Exclusion Criteria: Self-reported serious emotional or mental illness by parent or child, or Children with special learning needs
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: 4Rs Group<br> | Behavioral: family conflict intervention group<br>* The family conflict preventive intervention includes the introduction to the occurrence of family conflicts, communication skills training, and role play to practice the skills.<br>|
| Active Comparator: 4As Group<br> | Behavioral: handicraft-making group<br>* The group involves handicraft-making.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Parent-child conflicts (Yau & Smetana, 1996) | Parent-child conflicts are measured by the frequency and intensity of parent-child conflicts (Yau & Smetana, 1996). | 2 weeks | 
| Parent-child conflict resolution style (Sun, 2019) | Parent-child conflict resolution style will be measured by the Parent-child conflict resolution style scale (Sun, 2019). | 2 weeks | 
| The Chinese version of the Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory-II (ROC-II; Rahim, 1983; Chang & Lu, 2007) | Couple conflict and problem-solving will be measured by the Chinese version of the Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory-II (ROC-II; Rahim, 1983; Chang & Lu, 2007). | 2 weeks | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Family Harmony Scale (Fabrizio et al., 2015) | Family Harmony will be measured by the Family Harmony Scale (Fabrizio et al., 2015). | 2 weeks | 
| Family Resilience Quetionnaire (Walsh, 2015) | Family Resilience will be measured by the Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire (Walsh, 2015). | 2 weeks |