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Healing Hearts: A Mindfulness App for Parents Navigating Divorce or Separation

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - anyAllUniversity of Connecticut
NCT07871916 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

This study examines online programs for parents navigating divorce or separation. Researchers will study whether a self-guided mindfulness app called Healing Hearts, followed by a self-guided online parenting program called the electronic New Beginnings Program, is feasible and acceptable to parents and shows promising effects on parent and child wellbeing. Ninety-six parents who live in the United States, have a child aged 6 to 18 with a former partner, and report mild to moderate psychological distress will be randomly assigned to one of three groups: Healing Hearts followed by the parenting program, the parenting program alone, or a set of online educational resources. Participants complete online assessments before assignment, about seven weeks later, and about seven weeks after the second assessment. The study measures parent wellbeing, parenting, parent reports of child behavior, p

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18 years or older. * Able to speak, read, and write in English; living in the United States. * Has a mobile device, internet access on that device, and uses email. * Identifies as a parent and has at least one child aged 6 to 18 years with an ex-partner. Parenting time with the target child exceeds 3 hours/week. * Is going through a legal process to separate or divorce; or was married and divorced or legally separated within the past 3 years; or was never married to the ex-partner and has a qualifying separation marker within the past 3 years. * For never-married parents, the listed markers are child custody, visitation, or formal parenting-plan proceedings or agreements; child-support proceedings or agreements; dissolution of a domestic partnership or civil union; or either partner moving out and maintaining separate households. * Reports a Kessler 6 psychological distress score from 1 through 12, inclusive. Exclusion Criteria: * Low-speed internet. * Current regular mind-body practices, such as meditation or yoga. * The parent or target child is in psychotherapy or other clinical research. * Kessler 6 score of 0 or 13 or higher. * History of major psychiatric disorders. * Current alcohol use problems.
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What it tests

  • Healing Hearts
  • electronic New Beginnings Program
  • Curated internet resources
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Where

1 site
University of Connecticut
Stamford, United States
🤝 Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible — always decide together with your own doctor.
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