A Media Parenting Prevention Intervention
ConditionSubstance Related Problem
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age10-14
SponsorUniversity of Florida
About this trial
Entertainment media commonly depict SU, and youth exposure to media SU is linked to youth initiation and progression of SU behavior. Parenting practices reduce exposure to and may mitigate risk associated with media depictions of SU, thus this research proposal will build upon current understanding of effective media parenting with the end goal of developing and testing a media parenting intervention designed to reduce youth risk for SU.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
have at least one middle school-aged child who resides with them
be able to read at the 6th grade level in English
have access to the internet and a smartphone to participate in web-based intervention groups and receive intervention push messages.
Disqualifiers
None
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Intervention Arm - T.E.C.H. Parenting
BehavioralIntervention Arm participants will enroll in a web-based psychoeducational group (15 parents per group across 4 groups). Participants will receive psychoeducational information on media parenting, and they will be invited to participate in an online group discussion board to share their experiences with other parents in the intervention. In weeks 2-5, participants will learn about 4 domains of media parenting: 1) Talk to your child about media; 2) Educate your child about media-related risks; 3) Co-View/Co-Use media and technology actively with your child; and 4) establish House rules for media usage. Week 6 will review information and provide an "expert clinician" to support parent problem solving. Participants will receive 2-3 weekly push messages via text messaging prompting practice of skills learned in the group setting. Participants will be assessed at baseline, immediately following the 6 week intervention, and 3 months after the intervention is completed.
Control Arm - General Positive Parenting
BehavioralThe Control Arm of the RCT is the attention control group. These participants will enroll in a web-based psychoeducational group (four groups of 15 parents each). They will receive 6 weeks of online psychoeducational material, including 2-3 push messages prompting skill practice. Parents will have access to an online discussion board to share experiences with other parents. This group will match the intervention arm of the study in number of study staff contacts, time of start/duration of the group, peer support, and availability of a professional in week six for consultation on parenting issues. Control participants will not receive information on media parenting. Participants in this group will be assessed at baseline, immediately following the six-week intervention period, and 3 months after intervention completion. Participants will be asked about exposure to TECH Parenting content at baseline and followup to address potential contamination effects across study arms.
Treatment groups
120 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Intervention Arm - T.E.C.H. ParentingExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Control Arm - General Positive ParentingActive comparator 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Media Parenting Behavior - Parent Report
The TECH Parenting measure is a 24 item indicator of general media parenting behaviors across four 6-item subscales: Talk; Educate; Co-Use; and House Rules. This measure has demonstrated reliability and predictive value for youth online risk behaviors.
Time frame
Baseline up to Year 3Sponsors and contacts
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University of Florida
Lead sponsor
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov