The Role of Family Routines in Promoting Child Mental Health: A Qualitative Study
Bibliographic record
Abstract
Background: Family routines play a crucial role in the mental health and well-being of children, providing a stable and predictable environment that supports their emotional, physical and cognitive development. This study aimed to explore how family routines contribute to promoting child mental health through the experiences and perspectives of parents and primary caregivers of children aged 6-12 years. Methods: This qualitative study utilized semi-structured interviews with 18 parents and primary caregivers from Richmond Hill, Ontario, conducted between February and June 2023. The data were analyzed using NVivo software, version 14 and thematic analysis was employed to identify key themes. Results: Four main themes were identified: Structure and consistency, emotional and social support, health and well-being and educational and cognitive development. Structure and consistency included categories, such as daily routines, weekend activities, homework and study time and chores and responsibilities. Emotional and social support encompassed family bonding, emotional availability, conflict resolution, encouragement and praise and social skills development. Health and well-being involve physical activity, healthy eating habits, sleep hygiene, mental health awareness, screen time management, and hygiene and self-care. Educational and cognitive development includes learning environment, parental involvement in education, encouraging hobbies and interests, developing responsibility, independence, technology and learning. Conclusion: The findings highlight the role of structured family routines in promoting child mental health by providing a stable and supportive environment. These routines enhance children’s emotional regulation, physical health, and cognitive development.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.007 | 0.010 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.007 | 0.004 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.003 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.002 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".