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  • Digital Health Interventions
  • Parenting Support Technologies

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  • Digital interventions for parenting skills are popular but often suffer from low user engagement.
  • Digital micro-interventions, such as apps targeting specific parenting behaviors, represent a novel approach to improve engagement.
  • Time out is an evidence-based parenting technique and a suitable target for digital micro-intervention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the evidence-based requirements for high-quality time out.
  • To evaluate how a mobile application can support these requirements.
  • To assess existing time out applications for their effectiveness and adherence to best practices.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review to identify eight requirements for high-quality time out.
  • App store searches (App Store, Google Play, Alexa Skills) in the UK to identify relevant applications.
  • Qualitative assessment of identified apps based on the established time out criteria.

Main Results:

  • Six apps designed to support time out were identified.
  • All reviewed apps emphasized consistency in applying time out.
  • However, all apps presented risks of low-quality time out due to issues with initiation, duration, and termination.
  • None of the apps fully incorporated evidence-based guidance for effective time out.

Conclusions:

  • While digital micro-interventions show promise for parenting support, current time out apps may inadvertently lead to suboptimal parenting practices.
  • Child and adolescent mental health professionals should counsel parents on the use of digital tools for time out, scrutinizing their implementation.
  • Future digital micro-interventions for parenting should integrate comprehensive, evidence-based guidelines to ensure quality and effectiveness.