Emotion-Orientated Parent-Child Clothing Design in Family Contexts: A Thematic Review

Under the background of modern family structure change and sharp decrease of parent-child companion time, traditional parent-child home wear design is difficult to meet the needs of family emotional connection due to the lack of emotional depth. Based on the theory of emotional design and child development psychology, this study analyses 24 documents in the Web of Science database from 2019 to 2024 by using ATLAS.ti9 software to construct an interdisciplinary framework of 'emotion-technology-culture'. The quantitative results obtained show the research trend of parent-child home wear design. At the same time, four major themes related to the topic were derived from the qualitative analysis: (1) Emotional Design and Technological Application; (2) Mental Health and Educational Intervention; (3) Educational Technology and Learning Sciences; and (4) Socio-Cultural and Artistic Expression. Finally, the results of the study will contribute to the development of emotional parent-child home apparel, provide wearable solutions for the 'Healthy China 2030' emotional health strategy, and provide insights for future research on multifamily structure and deepening the emotional real-time response mechanism of brain-computer interface technology.