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The Happy Families Project: Testing the Effectiveness of a Conflict Resolution Program for Families

ConditionsMental HealthConflict
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age4+
SponsorUniversity of Notre Dame

About this trial

This study is designed to test the effectiveness of a psychoeducation-based program to address communication and conflict resolution in families, thereby supporting mental health in children and their caregivers.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Two parents or primary caregivers

Child between 4 and 17 years old

English literate

Able/willing to participate through the 12-month follow up assessment.

Disqualifiers

Families who cannot communicate in English

Single parent families

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Parent-child intervention

    Behavioral

    Families (two adult caregivers, child between 4 and 17) receive four interactive, asynchronous psychoeducation modules to review on their own paired with weekly contact with a communication coach and two live sessions with a communication coach to discuss psychoeducation, receive feedback on their interactions, and practice a communication technique.

  • Self-study Intervention

    Behavioral

    Families (two adult caregivers) receive information in a newsletter format to review on their own, paired with weekly contact from a communication coach to answer questions and direct their attention toward specific topics in the newsletter.

Treatment groups

1,800 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Parent-Child InterventionExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Self-study interventionActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)

Youth Adjustment

Time frame
1 year
2

Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CESD)

Youth Adjustment

Time frame
1 year
3

Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS)

Youth Adjustment

Time frame
1 year
4

Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)

Youth Adjustment

Time frame
1 year

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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University of Notre Dame

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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