This Randomized Controlled Trial will test the effectiveness of the Parenting in the Moment (PIM) online parenting program for parents with experiences of forced displacement.
The primary objective of this study is to conduct a summative (impact) evaluation of the PIM online parenting program as an in-home parent, skill-based program for parents of school-aged children, using a randomized controlled trial research design with community partnerships that inform the research throughout. The longer-term objectives are to build the evidence-base for in-home parent skill-based programs with strong empirical support (i.e., eligible for listing on the Families First Clearinghouse) and increase access to parenting programs for forcibly displaced families thereby improving child safety and wellbeing and strengthening their public health support.
720 families will be recruited with forced migration backgrounds and within 10 years of arrival in the USA; 360 families will be assigned to the PIMonline program and 360 to a family resource list only, wait-list control group. Families will be recruited using stratified random sampling within the four PIM language groups: English, Spanish, Arabic, French. Within each language, half the families will be assigned to the PIMonline intervention program and the other half will be assigned to receiving a Family Resource List with access to the PIMonline program once the study ends.
One parent and one child per eligible family may participate. Data collection with participating families will take place at baseline (T1), 4-months after baseline (T2) and finally, 16 months after baseline (T3). Data collection includes caregiver online surveys, caregiver and child Zoom recorded Family Interaction Task conversations and interviewer administered child surveys for children aged 8-12 at each time point. Standardized, reliable and valid measures in the four languages will be used to assess change in outcomes through the surveys. Longitudinal growth curve analysis will be used to test PIM intervention effects. Our extensive dissemination plan involves nationwide community partners in child welfare and services to forcibly displaced families.
The person is a primary Caregiver to a Child age 6 - 12 years in their care and living with them at least half the time
The Caregiver is at least 18 years of age
The Caregiver is able to do a program delivered in English, Spanish, Arabic or French, and to answer questions in English, Spanish, Arabic or French.
The Caregiver resides in the United States
Prisoners
Impaired decision-making capacity
Disclosed active psychosis of Parent or Child
Open Child protection case for abuse or neglect in the family
Parallel
Online Parenting Program
BehavioralOnline Parenting Program comprised of 12 online modules. Caregivers do one module per week for 12-15 weeks; each unit takes about 20 minutes to do. The Caregiver also practices the tools they learn for Parenting their Children between sessions.
No online parenting program
Other interventionList of Parenting resources.
Child Safety
Structural equation modeling (SEM) growth curve analyses on child outcomes will be employed. The following evidence-based measures will be used to measure change and determine child safety outcomes as a result of the intervention: Child Abuse Screening Tool (ICAST-T attitudes to punishment scale)
Child Safety
Structural equation modeling (SEM) growth curve analyses on child outcomes will be employed. The following evidence-based measures will be used to measure change and determine child safety outcomes as a result of the intervention: UNICEF (Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MIC5)
Child Wellbeing
Structural equation modeling (SEM) growth curve analyses on child outcomes will be employed. The following evidence-based measures will be used to measure change and determine child safety outcomes as a result of the intervention: Parent report on child - Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (ECBI)
Child Wellbeing
Structural equation modeling (SEM) growth curve analyses on child outcomes will be employed. The following evidence-based measures will be used to measure change and determine child safety outcomes as a result of the intervention: Parent report on child - Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS).
Adult Wellbeing secondary outcomes
Structural equation modeling (SEM) growth curve analyses on Caregiver outcomes will be employed. The following evidence-based measures will be used to measure change and determine adult wellbeing outcomes as a result of the intervention: Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS).
Adult Wellbeing secondary outcomes
Structural equation modeling (SEM) growth curve analyses on Caregiver outcomes will be employed. The following evidence-based measures will be used to measure change and determine adult wellbeing outcomes as a result of the intervention: Coping with Negative Emotions Scale (CCNES).
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Arizona State University
Lead sponsor
Department of Health and Human Services
Collaborator
