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IRCT20260209068801N1 IRCT 2026-04-12 University of Kurdistan Comparing the effectiveness of Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) program with and without the addition of emotion regulation skills in parents of children with anxiety disorders symptoms Comparing the effectiveness of Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) program with and without the addition of emotion regulation skills on psychological flexibility, emotion regulation, intolerance of uncertainty, and family accommodation in parents of children with anxiety disorders symptoms 2026-04-21 anticipated 90 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/89037 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Single blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Education/Guidance, Randomization description: Randomization method: Simple Unit of randomization: Individual Randomization tool: Random number table in this research, a list of primary school students with anxiety disorders symptoms will be provided and among them, using the random numbers table, 90 people randomly selected and their parents will be invited to research. After primary screening and evaluation of entry criteria, 90 volunteers were selected and assigned randomly in three groups (experimental and one control group). Participants with informed consent participate in the study and will be informed of the allocation of the study groups, Blinding description: Blinding method: Single-blind randomized clinical trial with an Intention-To-Treat (ITT) approach, in which participants who provide informed consent are unaware of their study group allocation. To allocate the participants in the test and control groups and to implement Single-blind randomized in a way that participants are unaware of the allocation of the studied groups cods: 1, 2 and 3 will be used and they will be asked to withdraw a number from the bag that contains cods: 1, 2 and 3. the participants will be totally unaware of the codes and of their study group allocation. N/A Condition 1: Symptoms of Anxiety Disorders in Children. Condition 2: Symptoms of Anxiety Disorders in Children. Condition 3: Symptoms of Anxiety Disorders in Children. Condition 4: Symptoms of Anxiety Disorders in Children. Condition 5: Symptoms of Anxiety Disorders in Children. Intervention 1: Intervention group 1: Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) program. SPACE program is a cognitive intervention designed in the form of 12 session 60 minute weekly designed to help parents reduce anxiety through family accommodation and dysfunctional parenting strategies. space program focuses on modifying the dysfunctional attitudes of parents that are inadvertently strengthening and sustaining anxiety symptoms in children (behaviors such as self confidence , avoidance and doing things instead of a child). this protocol focuses on the role of parents in direct or indirect influence on the formation or continuation of children's anxiety symptoms. In this therapeutic approach, the researcher taught parents for 12 weekly sessions of how to prevent and continue anxiety behaviors of their children and how to reduce their accommodation and thereby increase their accommodation and subsequently increase their performance. Intervention 2: Intervention group 2: Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) program with addition of emotion regulation skills. The content of the program includes mental training and training to parents within a 12 sessions of 90 minutes that in addition to SPACE program, training and regulating emotions to parents are included. This treatment protocol is a structured approach to reduce anxiety in children by teaching efficient parenting to parents and training of emotion regulation skills. Considering the fact that SPACE program like most of the existing therapeutic protocols in this field, has little emphasis on the regulation of emotions of parents and children, and also with regard to recent improvements in the field of emotion regulation, it is recommended to consider the components of emotion regulation. Emotion regulation skills help parents and children to identify and control their emotions, especially in stressful or stressful situations. At the same time, these skills can reduce the parental responses and also decrease adaptation and companionship with anxiety symptoms of their children. The contents of the new program included psychological training and training for parents within the framework of a 12 minute sessions of 90 minutes. Intervention 3: Control group: without any intervention, the list will be expected (in order to comply with the ethical principles of the research, after the completion of the treatment and if the intervention is effective, the control group will receive more effective intervention). Yes - There is a plan to make this available What will be shared: All data will be available for sharing after removal of identifying information and complete anonymization of the research participants. When: After publication of the article derived from the study. To whom: Editors and reviewers of reputable international journals to which manuscripts derived from the study have been submitted for review and publication. Conditions: The data derived from the study will undergo comprehensive statistical analysis prior to submission to reputable international journals. Therefore, individuals authorized to access the data will be granted access solely for the purpose of verifying the accuracy and validity of the data. Where to obtain: Principal Investigator: Zohreh Valiei (Email: zohre.valiei@uok.ac.ir; nvaliei7171@gmail.com) Supervisor and Research Advisor: Omid Isanejad (Email: O.Isanejad@uok.ac.ir) How to obtain: Reviewers and editors of reputable international journals to which manuscripts resulting from the study are submitted may, if necessary, send a request to the specified email addresses to obtain the data. The requested files will be provided to them within two weeks. Comments:
public Zohre Valiei
Sanandaj, University of Kurdistan, Professors' Quarter, First Floor, Unit 49
Sanandaj Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6617713973 +98 87 3361 8321 Zohre.valiei@uok.ac.ir University of Kurdistan scientific Omid Isanejad
Office of Dr. Omid Isanejad, Faculty Library, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj
Sanandaj Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6617715175 +98 914 919 3686 O.Isanejad@uok.ac.ir University of Kurdistan Iran (Islamic Republic of) Parents aged between 30 to 55 years Parents with children aged between 7 to 11 years Presence of anxiety disorder symptoms in the child (T-score above 63 on the Achenbach questionnaire and confirmed by the researcher based on ADIS for DSM-5) 30 years 55 years Both History of severe psychiatric disorders according to previous diagnosis by a psychiatrist and parental self-report Use of psychiatric medications in parents Participants must not receive any other psychological interventions simultaneously with the study, to prevent confounding of treatment outcomes Absence from more than three therapy sessions Not completing the specified homework throughout the intervention F41 F40 F93.0 F93.1 F93.2 Other anxiety disorders Phobic anxiety disorders Separation anxiety disorder of childhood Phobic anxiety disorder of childhood Social anxiety disorder of childhood Behavior Behavior Behavior Intervention group 1: Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) program. SPACE program is a cognitive intervention designed in the form of 12 session 60 minute weekly designed to help parents reduce anxiety through family accommodation and dysfunctional parenting strategies. space program focuses on modifying the dysfunctional attitudes of parents that are inadvertently strengthening and sustaining anxiety symptoms in children (behaviors such as self confidence , avoidance and doing things instead of a child). this protocol focuses on the role of parents in direct or indirect influence on the formation or continuation of children's anxiety symptoms. In this therapeutic approach, the researcher taught parents for 12 weekly sessions of how to prevent and continue anxiety behaviors of their children and how to reduce their accommodation and thereby increase their accommodation and subsequently increase their performance. Intervention group 2: Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) program with addition of emotion regulation skills. The content of the program includes mental training and training to parents within a 12 sessions of 90 minutes that in addition to SPACE program, training and regulating emotions to parents are included. This treatment protocol is a structured approach to reduce anxiety in children by teaching efficient parenting to parents and training of emotion regulation skills. Considering the fact that SPACE program like most of the existing therapeutic protocols in this field, has little emphasis on the regulation of emotions of parents and children, and also with regard to recent improvements in the field of emotion regulation, it is recommended to consider the components of emotion regulation. Emotion regulation skills help parents and children to identify and control their emotions, especially in stressful or stressful situations. At the same time, these skills can reduce the parental responses and also decrease adaptation and companionship with anxiety symptoms of their children. The contents of the new program included psychological training and training for parents within the framework of a 12 minute sessions of 90 minutes. Control group: without any intervention, the list will be expected (in order to comply with the ethical principles of the research, after the completion of the treatment and if the intervention is effective, the control group will receive more effective intervention). Children with anxiety disorders symptoms. Timepoint: At baseline (prior to the initiation of the intervention), immediately after completion of the intervention, and at 1 and 3 month follow-ups after the intervention (One and Three Month Follow up). Method of measurement: Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and Youth Anxiety Measure for DSM-5- Parent version (YAM-5). Parental Psychological Flexibility. Timepoint: At baseline (prior to the initiation of the intervention), immediately after completion of the intervention, and at 1- and 3-month follow-ups after the intervention (One and Three Month Follow up). Method of measurement: Parental Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire (6-PAQ). Parental Intolerance of Uncertainty. Timepoint: At baseline (prior to the initiation of the intervention), immediately after completion of the intervention, and at 1- and 3-month follow-ups after the intervention (One and Three Month Follow up). Method of measurement: Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (IUS-12). Parental Emotion Regulation. Timepoint: At baseline (prior to the initiation of the intervention), immediately after completion of the intervention, and at 1- and 3-month follow-ups after the intervention (One and Three Month Follow up). Method of measurement: Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ). Parental Family Accommodation. Timepoint: At baseline (prior to the initiation of the intervention), immediately after completion of the intervention, and at 1- and 3-month follow-ups after the intervention (One and Three Month Follow up). Method of measurement: Family Accommodation Scale for Anxiety (FASA). Child Emotion Regulation. Timepoint: At baseline (prior to the initiation of the intervention), immediately after completion of the intervention, and at 1- and 3-month follow-ups after the intervention (One and Three Month Follow up). Method of measurement: Emotion Regulation Checklist (ERC). Child Intolerance of Uncertainty. Timepoint: At baseline (prior to the initiation of the intervention), immediately after completion of the intervention, and at 1- and 3-month follow-ups after the intervention (One and Three Month Follow up). Method of measurement: Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale- Parent version (IUSC-12). 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