Courageous Parents, Courageous Children
ConditionAnxiety Disorder
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
AgeNot listed
SponsorNova Scotia Health Authority
About this trial
Anxiety disorders usually start in childhood and adolescence and are associated with social and occupational difficulties in adulthood. Children who have a parent with an anxiety disorder and who find new situations distressing and avoid them are at an increased risk for developing an anxiety disorder. Research suggests that anti-anxiety parenting can help children grow up courageous and calm. It is, however, difficult to parent in an anti-anxiety way when the parent has an anxiety disorder himself or herself.
This research study will test the efficacy of a new program designed to prevent the onset or persistence of anxiety disorders in children at risk for anxiety disorders. The investigators will first help parents learn skills to cope with their own anxiety and then coach them to share these skills with their children and parent in an anti-anxiety way. The goal is to intervene early enough in the children's lives so that they can be free of anxiety disorders and lead happy, healthy and productive lives in adulthood.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
None
Disqualifiers
None
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Cognitive behavioural skills training
BehavioralThe intervention will be delivered in two stages: First, the parent with an anxiety disorder will attend between six and sixteen weekly sessions of cognitive behavioural skills training focusing on their own anxiety. They will work on developing behaviours that will help them become less anxious in the long-run and on learning to evaluate danger in a realistic way. Next, the parent will take part in four to eight weekly sessions of anti-anxiety parenting skills training aiming to help them transfer the skills that they learned into parenting their children. In the parenting intervention, the parents will be guided to gradually expose their children to new situations, build communication skills and confidence, in addition to general parenting skills and principles.
Treatment groups
88 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Cognitive behavioural skills trainingExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: No interventionNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (K-SADS)
Diagnosis of anxiety disorder in the offspring
Time frame
One year post randomization2
Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (K-SADS)
Diagnosis of anxiety disorder in the offspring
Time frame
Two years post randomization3
Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (K-SADS)
Diagnosis of anxiety disorder in the offspring
Time frame
Three years post randomization4
Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (K-SADS)
Diagnosis of anxiety disorder in the offspring
Time frame
Five years post randomizationSecondary outcomes
1
Teaching Task Battery
Parenting behaviours
Time frame
One year post randomization2
Teaching Task Battery
Parenting behaviours
Time frame
Two years post randomization3
Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 diagnoses (SCID-5)
Diagnosis of anxiety disorder in the parent
Time frame
One year post randomization4
Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 diagnoses (SCID-5)
Diagnosis of anxiety disorder in the parent
Time frame
Two years post randomizationSponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov