Three Good Things Intervention for Parent–Child Relationship: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial

ABSTRACT Parent–child relationships observe many changes when adolescents grow up to be young adults. The Three Good Things intervention has been used in different contexts (e.g., couples' relationships) but not much in different relationship contexts such as parent–child relationships. Therefore, the present study aimed to adapt the ‘Three Good Things’ intervention for parent and adult child relationships and study its impact on the parent–child relationship. Intervention design (pre, post, and follow‐up) having two groups—intervention group ( n = 32 pairs) and control group ( n = 30 pairs) was utilised to study the intervention's impact on parent–child closeness, relationship, parental stress, emotional involvement and perceived criticism. Participants were college students (18–24 years old) and any one of their parents. The results of the study report that the intervention did not have any significant impact but resulted in a slight improvement in the relationship. The findings support the need for further studies applying this intervention in the context of parent–child relationships on varied children groups.