Capturing Parental Wellbeing in Everyday Life Through a Mobile Diary App
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Conditions studied: Wellbeing, Sleep, Support, Family
In brief
This observational study investigates the wellbeing of parents in German-speaking Switzerland in everyday contexts using smartphone-based Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA). Family caregiving can be both rewarding and burdensome, yet little is known about how parental wellbeing fluctuates in daily life and across caregiving situations. The study aims to examine momentary subjective wellbeing, caregiving activities, and contextual factors in natural settings. Participants complete repeated real-time assessments via a digital diary application five times a day over a 14-day study period. The study seeks to characterize within-person variability in parental wellbeing and identify contextual factors associated with positive and negative daily experiences.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07476833
- Run by
- Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences
- People needed
- 300
- Starts
- 2026-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2026-07-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-03-17
Who can join
Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Parents living in Switzerland
- with at least one child aged between 0 months - 11 years and 11 months
- German-speaking
- any form of parenting
- any relationship status
- any form of couples or other forms of cohabitation
- No restrictions regarding nationality, wealth, external childcare, employment (full-time, part-time or homemaker) or similar characteristics.
- Participants must have a smartphone with internet access to participate in the mobile diary study
You may not qualify if…
- All Children > 11 years and 11 months of age
- Not German speaking
- Swiss nationality but living abroad
- No smartphone with internet access
Where it is running
- Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences — Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
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