Workshop on Strengths and Competences to Improve Psychological Wellbeing and Quality of Life of Grandparents

NCT ID: NCT06064760

Last Updated: 2023-10-03

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

110 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-05-01

Study Completion Date

2024-06-30

Brief Summary

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Recent social and demographic changes in Western countries have led to a reorganization of the family relationships, such as grandparents-grandchildren bond. The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) shows, on the one hand, that 52% of grandparents are auxiliary caregivers of their grandchildren and, on the other hand, that more than 15% of grandparents regularly care for their grandchildren, being the Spanish percentage the second highest of Europe. Given these figures, it is clear that many grandparents today are playing an important role as socializing agents for their grandchildren.

According to this, grandparents play their socializing rol by passing on their grandchildren skills, experiences, values, beliefs and affection. This bond not only influences positively on grandchildren, but also on grandparents. Caring for grandchildren allows grandparents to resolve the crises of generativity and integrity of self, included in Erikson's Theory of Psychosocial Development. Moreover, high leves of generativity are related with greater personal growth, one of the dimensions of psychological wellbeing. However, the literature on the socializing rol of grandparents is scarce and has focus on the negative effects of caring for grandchildren. In contrast, recent studies demonstrates that caring for grandchildren has positive effect on grandparents' health and life satisfaction.

Being important to consider the negative consequences of this type of care, is also necessary to develop a new perspective, focus on protective factors of grandparents' psychological wellbeing and quality of life. According to McCubbin's Resilience Model of Family Stress, Adjustment and Adaptation, psychological resources and coping skills could be protective factors, minimizing the impact of caring for grandchildren.

The present project considers two protective factors: personal strengths and emotional competences, variables that are worked on the workshops. By focusing on these aspects, not only an improvement in family relationships (grandparents-parents-grandchildren) is expected, but also an increase in the psychological well-being and quality of life of the participants.

The development of intervention programs aimed at protective factors could be useful for grandparent caregivers, promoting their psychological well-being and quality of life.

Detailed Description

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The study intervention consists of a psychoeducational group workshop oriented to grandparents caring for at least one minor grandchild.

The workshop includes 5 sessions and a follow-up call. The duration of the sessions is about 90 minutes. The modality is online.

The sessions and their objectives are detailed below:

\- Session 1: Defining my role as a grandparent.

To frame the topic, get to know the participants and build a good group atmosphere.

\- Session 2: Deepening my relationships.

To promote participants' confidence as grandparents.

\- Session 3: Growing as a grandparent.

To help participants become aware of useful caregiving strategies.

\- Session 4: Discovering my emotional world.

To help participants learn about and understand their own emotional world.

\- Session 5. Caring for others and caring for me.

To help participants live their role as a grandparent without displacing other vital elements important to them.

\- Follow-up. Phone call.

To offer participants a final one-on-one meeting.

Conditions

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Psychological Well-being Quality of Life Virtues Skill, Coping

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Quantitative, observational and longitudinal study with three measurements (pre-intervention, post-intervention and monitoring).

The measurements will be taken before the intervention, at the end of the intervention and at three months.
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Experimental group

The experimental group is given the Workshop on Strengths and Competences to Improve Psychological Wellbeing and Quality of Life of Grandparents.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Psychoeducational Workshop on Personal Strengths and Emotional Competences to Improve the Psychological Wellbeing and Quality of Life of Grandparents Caring for Their Grandchildren

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention is a psychoeducational group workshop (6-8 participants). It includes 5 sessions of, approximately, 90 minutes. In addition, 3 months after the end of the workshop, a follow-up call will be organized with the participants. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the workshop will be held online.

The sessions are:

* Session 1: Defining my role as grandparent.
* Session 2: Deepening my relationships.
* Session 3: Growing as grandparent.
* Session 4: Discovering my emotional world.
* Session 5: Caring for others and caring for myself.

Control group

The control group is not given the Workshop on Strengths and Competences to Improve Psychological Wellbeing and Quality of Life of Grandparents.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Psychoeducational Workshop on Personal Strengths and Emotional Competences to Improve the Psychological Wellbeing and Quality of Life of Grandparents Caring for Their Grandchildren

The intervention is a psychoeducational group workshop (6-8 participants). It includes 5 sessions of, approximately, 90 minutes. In addition, 3 months after the end of the workshop, a follow-up call will be organized with the participants. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the workshop will be held online.

The sessions are:

* Session 1: Defining my role as grandparent.
* Session 2: Deepening my relationships.
* Session 3: Growing as grandparent.
* Session 4: Discovering my emotional world.
* Session 5: Caring for others and caring for myself.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Being grandparent of, at least, one minor children or adolescent.

Exclusion Criteria

* Suffer from a disease that makes the person unable to understand the questionnaire (e.g., moderate-severe dementia).
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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CEU San Pablo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Cristina Noriega García

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

CEU San Pablo University

Locations

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San Pablo CEU University (Campus Montepríncipe)

Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Spain

Central Contacts

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Leyre Galarraga Cristóbal

Role: CONTACT

914566300

Cristina Noriega García

Role: CONTACT

914566300

Facility Contacts

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Leyre Galarraga Cristóbal

Role: primary

914566300

Cristina Noriega García

Role: backup

914566300

References

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Reference Type BACKGROUND

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Erikson, E. H. (2000). El ciclo vital completado. Paidós.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

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Reference Type BACKGROUND

García, V., & Martínez-González, R. A (2017). Escala de competencias emocionales de abuelos y abuelas (ECEA). Revista Iberoamericana de Diagnóstico y Evaluación, 49(4), 107-120. https://doi.org/10.21865/RIDEP49.4.09

Reference Type BACKGROUND

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Reference Type BACKGROUND

McCubbin, M. A. (1993). Family stress theory and the development of nursing knowledge about family adaptation. In S. L. Feetham, S. B. Meister, J. M. Bell, & C. L. Gillis (eds.), The Nursing Family (pp. 46-58). Sage Publications.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

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Park, N., Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Strengths of character and well-being. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 23(5), 603-619. https://doi.org/dg5xc7

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Reference Type BACKGROUND

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Provided Documents

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Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

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M02.0401.000.MPI20CNG

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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