Body-oriented Interventions on Preschoolers' Social-emotional Competence

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

62 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-01-02

Study Completion Date

2022-06-09

Brief Summary

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Experimental study with 4 groups (3 experimental and 1 control). Examine the effects of 3 body-oriented intervention programs on preschoolers' social-emotional competence.

Intervention programs focused on relaxation, loose parts play and combined loose parts play and relaxation, for 12 weeks with 2 30-min sessions per week.

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Detailed Description

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To examine the chronic effects of the intervention programs, instruments were collected at baseline (pretest) and at the end of the 12-week period (post-test). To measure the acute effects, salivary cortisol was measured at the beginning and end of the 1st and the 24th sessions.

Conditions

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Social-emotional Competence

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Relaxation group

Relaxation program sessions had 3 phases: initial dialogue (2 min); a main section (25 min); final ritual (3 min). During the main section, participants listened and observed the therapist, who described and demonstrated all the exercises of the session, which were focused on Jacques Choque Method (Choque, 1994).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Relaxation

Intervention Type OTHER

Sessions focused on relaxations activities (Jacques Choque Method).

Loose parts play group

Loose Parts Play program sessions had 3 phases: initial dialogue (2 min); main section (25 min); final ritual (3 min). During the main section, participants were allowed to play freely with any materials (loose parts) available in the playground.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Loose parts play

Intervention Type OTHER

Loose parts play-based sessions, with open-ended materials.

Combined group

In the combined program, the sessions had 4 phases: initial dialogue (3 min); loose parts play moment (20 min); relaxation exercises moment (5 min); final ritual (2 min).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Combined

Intervention Type OTHER

Sessions focused on loose parts play and relaxation activities.

Control group

No intervention. Maintained their usual routines.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Relaxation

Sessions focused on relaxations activities (Jacques Choque Method).

Intervention Type OTHER

Loose parts play

Loose parts play-based sessions, with open-ended materials.

Intervention Type OTHER

Combined

Sessions focused on loose parts play and relaxation activities.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* participants' age between 3 and 6 years
* do not have participated in a similar intervention program within the last 6 months
* do not have a physical condition that can affect the participation in the program.

Exclusion Criteria

* participants' age less than 3 and under 6 years
* have participated in a similar intervention program within the last 6 months
* have a physical condition that can affect the participation in the program.

Minimum Eligible Age

3 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

6 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes