How to participate in research

The MinUTo project is a path developed to be gradually taken during over 10 weeks, and is divided into 5 "experiences" aimed at helping the parent in the relationship with their child through thinking on some themes such as listening, non-judgmental acceptance, emotional awareness. To support these skills, simple activities are proposed to think on one's own behavior and that of the child, for example in the management of whims and in the understanding of verbal and non-verbal communication. 
Parents is free to follow the proposed experiences at their own pace.

In order to take part in the project it is requested to subscribe by November 15th, 2022.

If you decide to participate in the study you will receive an App where you can fill out some questionnaires that aim to analyze skills, stress, beliefs and parental mindfulness (conscious parenting) and the use of time. The duration of the compilation of initial questionnaires is about 60 minutes. Questionnaires on skills, stress and parental mindfulness (conscious parenting) will be available for completion for two weeks and they will be open within December 8^th and December 22^nd 2022.

After the questionnaires are completed, a random extraction will take place and as a parent you can be placed under one of the following conditions:

1. "APP" includes the proposal of activities to be carried out with your child through the App;
2. "Control" in which there are no activities. The path will last about 3 months and at the end of the 3 months all parents will be asked to re-complete the questionnaires proposed before the intervention.
   

App MinUTo contents will be open for about 3 months (within February 2023 and May 2023). At the end of this period, it will be asked to all parents to fill out all questionnaires again. 

Parents assigned to the control group will be offered the opportunity to freely use the App at the end of the project.