Stop, Focus, Plan, and Change: Predicting Parent and Child Responses to a Brief, Telehealth Parent Training
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age3-5
SponsorUniversity of Colorado, Denver
About this trial
This study will look at who does not improve after doing a behavioral parent training program briefly through telehealth. It will also study ways to make the intervention better for those that do not improve.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Parent speaks English or Spanish
Parent has access to Internet
Parent intends to complete treatment
Parent reports child has elevated externalizing concerns
Disqualifiers
Child is a ward of the state
Child diagnosed with severe medical or nonverbal developmental disability
Trial design
Design model
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Brief Behavioral Parenting Program
BehavioralThe brief behavioral parenting program is a 6 session, group-based behavioral parent training program. The components include support-building, parenting strategy education, and actively practicing parenting strategies. It is delivered through telehealth.
Treatment groups
130 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupGroup A: Behavioral Parent Training ProgramOther 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Parenting Scale - Short Form
The Parenting Scale Short Form measures parenting practices, including emotional over-reactivity and lax discipline use. Possible scores on the emotional over-reactivity scale range from 4 to 28, with higher scores indicating more emotional reactivity. Possible scores on the lax discipline scale range from 4 to 28, with higher scores indicating more lax discipline use.
Time frame
(1) Pre-treatment, (2) Up to 4 weeks after treatment began (Mid-Treatment), and (3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)2
Caregiver Strain Questionnaire - Short Form
The Caregiver Strain Questionnaire - Short Form measures parenting stress. Possible scores range from 7 to 35, with higher scores indicating more parenting stress.
Time frame
(1) Pre-treatment, (2) Up to 4 weeks after treatment began (Mid-Treatment), and (3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)3
Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory
The Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory measures parent-reported child behavioral concerns. Possible scores range from 36 to 252, with higher scores indicating more child behaviors concerns.
Time frame
(1) Pre-treatment, (2) Up to 4 weeks after treatment began (Mid-Treatment), and (3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)4
Sutter Eyberg Student Behavior Inventory
The Sutter Eyberg Student Behavior Inventory measures teacher-reported child behavioral concerns. Possible scores range from 36 to 266, with higher scores indicating more child behaviors concerns.
Time frame
(1) Pre-treatment and (3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)Secondary outcomes
1
PROMIS Child Anger / Irritability
The PROMIS Child Anger / Irritability survey measures child irritability. Possible scores range from 8 to 40, with higher scores indicating more child irritability.
Time frame
(1) Pre-treatment, (2) Up to 4 weeks after treatment began (Mid-Treatment), and (3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)2
Parent-Child Interaction Coding System
The Parent-Child Interaction Coding System (PARCHISY) is an observational coding system measuring parenting behavior and affect. Observation are coded using global ratings on a 1 (not observed) to 7 (frequently observed) scale.
Time frame
(1) Pre-treatment and (3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)3
Dyadic Parent-Child Interaction Coding System
The dyadic parent-child interaction coding system is an observational coding system measuring parenting behaviors. Observations are coding using event-based ratings to tally the number of specific parenting behaviors observed within the parent-child interaction task.
Time frame
(1) Pre-treatment and (3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)4
Retrospective Post-Pre Change: Harsh Parenting
The retrospective post-pre change: harsh parenting questionnaire measures parental perceptions of change in harsh parenting (e.g., yelling) over the course of the intervention. One item measures the frequency of harsh parenting before the intervention and another item measures the frequency of harsh parenting after the intervention. Each item ranges from 0 to 100 with higher scores indicating more harsh parenting at the respective time point.
Time frame
(3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)Sponsors and contacts
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University of Colorado, Denver
Lead sponsor
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Collaborator
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov