This randomised controlled trial aims to determine the efficacy of a 12-week, smartphone-based Prosocial-orientated Acceptance and Commitment Training (PACT) programme plus age-appropriate positive parenting advice on the psychological flexibility, prosociality, parenting competence and family functioning with parents of children with special health care needs as well as the mental well-being of parent-child dyads over 12 months follow-up.
Cantonese-speaking Hong Kong residents
Living together with the child who is at preschool/school-age (3-8 years old)
Caregivers who adopted the responsibility of taking care of the child,
has daily access to their iPhone and Android smartphones.
Parents who have diagnoses of severe mental illness or developmental disabilities, such as intellectual disabilities
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Lead sponsor
Hong Kong Children's Hospital
Collaborator
Hong Kong Young Women's Christian Association
Collaborator