Building Cognitive Behavioural Skills With StoryBooks to Reduce Emotional Difficulties in Kindergarten Years

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Cognitive Behavioural: Cognitive behavioural therapy incorporated into storybook reading with an emphasis on psychoeducation, relaxation techniques, social skills, graded exposure and cognitive strategies, for preschool children

Language: Storybook reading with an emphasis on specific word vocabulary and narrative structure serving as a control, for preschool children

Study summary

This research aims to ask (1) Are child and parent measures of coping skills, anxiety and other outcomes reliable (2) How feasible and acceptable is the proposed CB preventative program and protocol (3) Can a preliminary indication of efficacy for CB preventative program be provided.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Coping Skills - Coping Questionnaire Parent Report — Close out (Weeks 9 to 10)
  This consists of questions with a likert type response ranging from a minimum of 1 to a maximum of 7, measuring parent's perception of their child's coping efficacy in anxiety-inducing situations, which they nominate. In this study, the Coping Questionnaire is modified to have 4 questions, each pre-defined to be in keeping with each the four audiobook's anxiety-inducing situations. A higher score indicates a better outcome.
• Coping Skills - Coping Skills Word Definitions — Close out (Weeks 9 to 10)
  This consists of 8 emotional target words that are repeated throughout the 4 audiobooks. Each word is linked to common elements of CBT which are found in each of the four audiobooks, these include relaxation in book 1, social skills in book 2, graded exposure in book 3, cognitive techniques in book 4 and psychoeducation across all 4 books. Each word is scored as 0,1 or 2 denoting incorrect, partially correct and correct. Higher scores denote a better outcome.

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