Effects of a Brief Mindful Parenting Program for Hong Kong Chinese Impacted by Social Unrest

A four session mindful parenting workshop is designed to promote parental mental health during the social unrest in 2020. This study is conducted to investigate the outcome of the program. It is a randomised control trial design and will be conducted in five sites in Hong Kong. An estimated 340 parents will be recruited and randomised into an intervention group and a wait-list control group. The primary outcome is parental depression. Secondary outcomes include parental anxiety and post-traumatic stress, negative emotions, family functioning, family conflict and mindful parenting. Exposure to social unrest will be measured and the relationship to mental health and effects of the program will be examined.