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Trial of Transition to Parenthood Program for Couples

Not Applicable
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Parent-Child Relations
Interventions
Behavioral: Family Foundations Coparenting Program
Registration Number
NCT01907412
Lead Sponsor
Penn State University
Brief Summary

This is a research study to evaluate the effectiveness of the Family Foundations program and to better understand how families cope with having a new baby. The research questions include: What is the effectiveness of the Family Foundations program? How do families cope with having a new baby?

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1200
Inclusion Criteria
  • Expecting first child
  • Couple living together and planning to raise child together
  • 18 years or older
Exclusion Criteria
  • not first child

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Intervention GroupFamily Foundations Coparenting ProgramCouples randomly assigned to the Intervention Group received the Family Foundations Coparenting Program.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Coparenting QualityUp to 2.5 years from baseline

We assessed coparenting relationship quality with the 31-item Coparenting Scale, which was created based on prior work (e.g., Abidin \& Brunner, 1995; Cordova, 2001; Frank, Olmstead, Wagner,\& Laub, 1991; Margolin et al., 2001; McHale, 1997). The overall score represents an average of items covering theoretically important domains: coparental agreement, support,undermining, and exposure of the child to conflict.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Aggressive ParentingUp to 2.5 years after baseline

Aggressive parenting was measured using Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scales (Straus et al., 1998).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Penn State University, Prevention Research Center

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University Park, Pennsylvania, United States

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