Multimedia Divorce Adjustment for Young Children

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请建议开发幼儿保育，这是一个互动的多媒体程序，旨在帮助学龄儿童（6 - 8岁）有效地适应父母离婚的影响。该计划的概念是作为更大的KidCare套件的延伸，KidCare套件是nida资助的一系列离婚相关的多媒体教育项目，目前正在inflxxion开发中。该计划将包含一套供儿童独立使用的多媒体儿童模块，以及供家长使用的配套手册。该项目将依靠交互式迁移情景、通信电报和其他适合发展的心理教育策略来帮助儿童获得与改善离婚调整有关的信息和技能。第一阶段涉及概念验证研究，以证明产品的可行性。第二阶段将包括生产和可用性测试一个全功能的KidCare for Young Children项目，一个测量满意度的验收测试，以及一个相对于基于群体和无治疗控制的比较项目效果的现场测试。如果证明有效，幼儿保育将大大提高与离婚有关的节目对儿童及其家庭的可及性。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application proposes development of KidCare for Young Children, an interactive, multimedia program intended to help young school-age children (six-to-eight years old) effectively adjust to their parents' divorce. The program is conceptualized as an extension to the larger KidCare suite, a NIDA-funded series of divorce-related multimedia education programs currently under development at lnflexxion. The program will contain a set of multimedia child-modules for independent use on the part of children, as well as a companion handbook for parents. The program will rely on interactive displacement scenarios, communication telegrams, and other developmentally appropriate psycho-educational strategies to help children acquire the information and skills associated with improved divorce adjustment. Phase I involved proof of concept research to demonstrate product feasibility. Phase II will involve production and usability testing of a fully functional KidCare for Young Children program, an acceptance test measuring satisfaction levels, and a field test comparing program efficacy relative to group-based and no-treatment controls. If proven effective, KidCare for Young Children will significantly enhance the accessibility of divorce-related programming to children and their families.