DOI: 10.5176/2251-1865_CBP16.31
Authors: Felix Luke, Charles C. Chan, and Alma Au
Abstract:The present study piloted a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of the Cool Little Kids program implemented for parents of temperamentally inhibited Hong Kong Chinese preschool-aged children. This early intervention program was designed to educate parents on how to help their young inhibited children to reduce fearful and anxious behaviors in social situations by adaptive parenting practices. Children were assessed by teachers on their shyness before and after the intervention. The preliminary findings confirmed that children whose parents had received the training reduced in anxious shyness significantly. With also satisfactory results from the process evaluation based on participants’ feedback, wider dissemination of the intervention to the local community is warranted.
Keywords:Behavioral Inhibition, Randomized Controlled Trial, Childhood Shyness, Early Intervention, Adaptive Parenting
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