4Rs for a Better Family

4Rs for a Better Family (Review, Refresh, Restore, Rebuild) 家好之四重計劃: 重溫、重整、重塑、重建

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects of a family conflict intervention in Chinese New Arrival families in Hong Kong.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

• Is the family conflict intervention group more effective to improve adaptive parent-child conflict resolution skills compared to the control group?
• Is the family conflict intervention group more effective to reduce parent-child conflicts compared to the control group?
• Is the family conflict intervention group more effective to improve adaptive parental conflict resolution skills compared to the control group?
• Is the family conflict intervention group more effective to enhance family harmony compared to the control group?
• Is the family conflict intervention group more effective to enhance family resilience compared to the control group?

Participants will be randomly assigned to one of the two groups: the family conflict intervention group and the handcraft-making group. For each group, parents will participate in 3 sessions independently, children will participate in 2 sessions independently, and parents and children will jointly participate in 1 session. Each session takes around 2 hours, and it takes 4 weeks to complete the full intervention. The family conflict intervention sessions include an introduction to the occurrence of family conflicts, communication skills training to prevent and address conflicts, and role play to practice the skills, etc.

Researchers will compare the family conflict intervention group and the handcraft-making group to see if the family conflict intervention group is effective in promoting conflict resolution skills, reducing family conflicts, and enhancing family resilience.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Parents who have newly arrived in Hong Kong for less than seven years, and their children who are studying in primary school grade 4 to secondary school form 3; or
2. New arrivals who have settled in Hong Kong for less than seven years and are studying in primary school grade 4 to secondary school form 3, and their parents; and
3. Parents and children must live together; and
4. Parents and children must participate together

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Self-reported serious emotional or mental illness by parent or child, or
2. Children with special learning needs