Purpose: To determine the effect of semantic play program on spiritual sensitivity of children aged 10 to 11 years. Intervention: Meaningful play program. Method: The research is a pre-test and post-test interventional study in the experimental group and control group. The research population will be all children aged 10 to 11 years old in the center of intellectual development in Mashhad. The meaningful game program, designed by the researcher, is designed to increase the spiritual sensitivity of the child in four dimensions of alertness, value, cognitive and social. The conditions governing the games 6 is the situation that Ney (2006) has proposed to foster spirituality in children (Space, Relationship, Intimacy, Trust, Process, Imagination). The instrument for data collection was the Spirit Sensitivity scale for children designed by Stoyles et al. (2012).
General information
Acronym
IRCT registration information
IRCT registration number:IRCT2017022232733N1
Registration date:2017-11-14, 1396/08/23
Registration timing:registered_while_recruiting
Last update:
Update count:0
Registration date
2017-11-14, 1396/08/23
Registrant information
Name
maryam fazlollahi
Name of organization / entity
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Country
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Phone
+98 57253805
Email address
fazlollahim931@mums.ac.ir
Recruitment status
Recruitment complete
Funding source
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Expected recruitment start date
2017-03-20, 1395/12/30
Expected recruitment end date
2018-03-20, 1396/12/29
Actual recruitment start date
empty
Actual recruitment end date
empty
Trial completion date
empty
Scientific title
Investigating the effect of meaningful play program on children's spiritual sensitivity
Public title
Spiritual development of children
Purpose
Prevention
Inclusion/Exclusion criteria
Entry criteria: Children aged 10 to 11 years (4th and 5th grade) have physical health of students at elementary level schools with a family whose parents are both separated and willing to cooperate in the project. Exit criteria: A child who is ill or who is unable to attend even one session of the program will be excluded from the study. If during a study, the physical or mental problem is proven to the child that it will not be able to perform the program, it will be deleted.
Age
From 10 years old to 11 years old
Gender
Both
Phase
N/A
Groups that have been masked
No information
Sample size
Target sample size:
120
Randomization (investigator's opinion)
Randomized
Randomization description
Blinding (investigator's opinion)
Not blinded
Blinding description
Placebo
Not used
Assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Secondary Ids
empty
Ethics committees
1
Ethics committee
Name of ethics committee
Ethics committee of mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Street address
Mashhad- University Street
City
mashhad
Postal code
Approval date
2016-06-01, 1395/03/12
Ethics committee reference number
IR.MUMS.REC.1395.127
Health conditions studied
1
Description of health condition studied
-
ICD-10 code
-
ICD-10 code description
-
Primary outcomes
1
Description
Children's spiritual sensitivity
Timepoint
Before intervention and after intervention
Method of measurement
spiritual sensitivity scale for children
Secondary outcomes
empty
Intervention groups
1
Description
Intervention group: Intervention of a researcher-made semantic game program, based on hay and Nye theory , to increase the spiritual sensitivity of children that is performed on the intervention group. The children are placed in 10 groups of 6, and for each group there are 6 sessions of 120 minutes of meaningful games aimed at enhancing the sense of awarnes,mystry, value, and social. The games are grouped and include various elements including stories, plays, meditations , Group thinking and so on.
Category
Other
2
Description
Control group: During this period, no intervention is received.
Category
Other
Recruitment centers
1
Recruitment center
Name of recruitment center
Children's intellectual development center
Full name of responsible person
Mr. Soltani
Street address
felestin 23
City
mashhad
Sponsors / Funding sources
1
Sponsor
Name of organization / entity
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Full name of responsible person
Dr. Saeed Islami
Street address
daneshgah street
City
mashhad
Grant name
Grant code / Reference number
Is the source of funding the same sponsor organization/entity?
Yes
Title of funding source
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Proportion provided by this source
100
Public or private sector
empty
Domestic or foreign origin
empty
Category of foreign source of funding
empty
Country of origin
Type of organization providing the funding
empty
Person responsible for general inquiries
Contact
Name of organization / entity
Mashhad Ferdowsi University
Full name of responsible person
Dr. Mohsen Asghari nekah
Position
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Other areas of specialty/work
Street address
vakil abad street -University of Ferdowsi - Faculty of Education
City
mashhad
Postal code
Phone
00
Fax
Email
Asghari-n@um.ac.ir
Web page address
Person responsible for scientific inquiries
Contact
Name of organization / entity
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Full name of responsible person
Dr. Monir Ramezani
Position
Professional Nursing Doctor of Pediatrics
Other areas of specialty/work
Street address
University College-Crossroads doktora.-Nursing-Midwifery Faculty
City
mashhad
Postal code
Phone
00
Fax
Email
ramezaniMN@mums.ac.ir
Web page address
Person responsible for updating data
Contact
Name of organization / entity
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Full name of responsible person
Dr. Monir Ramezani
Position
Professional Nursing Doctor of Pediatrics
Other areas of specialty/work
Street address
University Street - Crossroads doktora, Faculty of Nursing Midwifery
City
mashhad
Postal code
Phone
00
Fax
Email
ramezaniMN@mums.ac.ir
Web page address
Sharing plan
Deidentified Individual Participant Data Set (IPD)