Psychological Intervention for Childhood Emotional and Behavioural Problems

Phase 2

Completed

• Conditions: Childhood mental health symptomatology; Mental Health - Anxiety; Mental Health - Depression; Mental Health - Other mental health disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619000084189
• Lead Sponsor: Irene Serfaty

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-01-21
• Study Completion: 2020-11-02
• Last Update Posted: 13 June 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

The families of children aged between 6 – 12 years of age
- The child’s scores on the Child Behavior Checklist, rated by their primary caregiver must be above the clinical cut-off point on at least one of the internalising or externalising problem subscales, to indicate clinically significant problematic behaviour(s).
- A ‘family’ must be composed of at least one primary caregiver and the child of interest. There are no exclusions with regard to blended families or other family structures beyond the nuclear family.
- Must be able to communicate adequately in English

Exclusion Criteria

-Children with the following diagnoses: autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, psychosis or psychotic disorders, or any severe mental illness currently requiring inpatient treatment.
-Caregivers or siblings with reports of any of the above psychiatric disorders, in addition to mania, hypomania, or drug dependence other than alcohol, nicotine or cannabis use.
-Any of the family members must not be receiving any other therapeutic interventions at the time of recruitment.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Internalising symptoms score measured by the Child Behavior Checklist (Achenbach, 1991)[At baseline, pre-treatment (2 weeks), mid-treatment (4 weeks), post-treatment (7 weeks), and four weeks follow-up (11 weeks - primary endpoint).];Externalising symptoms scores measured by the Child Behavior Checklist (Achenbach, 1991)[At baseline, pre-treatment (2 weeks), mid-treatment (4 weeks), post-treatment (7 weeks), and four weeks follow-up (11 weeks - primary endpoint).]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reflective functioning capacity in parents, measured by the Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (Fonagy et al., 2016)[At baseline, pre-treatment (2 weeks), mid-treatment (4 weeks), post-treatment (7 weeks), and four weeks follow-up (11 weeks).];Parent helplessness as measured by the Caregiver Helplessness Questionnaire (George & Solomon, 2011).[At baseline, post-treatment (7 weeks) and follow-up (11 weeks).];Parent mental health as measured by the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales, 21-item (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995).[At baseline, pre-treatment (2 weeks), mid-treatment (4 weeks), post-treatment (7 weeks), and four weeks follow-up (11 weeks).];General family functioning, as measured by the McMaster Family Assessment Device (Epstein, Baldwin, & Bishop, 1983).[At baseline, post-treatment (7 weeks), and four weeks follow-up (11 weeks).]