Expressive Writing for COVID-19 Resilience for Parents
Parents During COVID-19
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Parents During COVID-19
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
In order to have up to 40 evaluable subjects, we plan to consent up to 45 individuals. Potential subjects will be considered eligible if they are parents or primary caregivers of children aged 0-18 who have been home with them during the COVID-19 experience. Other eligibility criteria include:
- Able to speak, read, write, and understand English
- Cognitively able to provide consent
- Ability to participate in a 4-week intervention delivered via Zoom and email
Sites / Locations
- Duke Integrative Medicine
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Expressive writing
The 4-week study intervention will invite participants through a progression of expressive writing exercises designed to support emotional expression and enhance personal resilience. Weekly instruction writing sessions will be conducted via Zoom. The sessions will not be recorded, but participants who cannot attend the sessions live (or prefer not to, for any reason) will receive each week's instructions and prompts via email. The progression of writing exercises flows as follows: Week 1: Writing to expressive difficult emotions Week 2: Writing to cultivate compassion & forgiveness Week 3: Writing to nurture positive emotions Week 4: Writing to invite insight, perspective, & growth