Evaluating the effects of an online parenting program with peer support (PiP-Plus) for parents of adolescents (aged 12 to 17) on parent confidence and parent and adolescent wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: COVID-19-specific parental self-efficacy; Risk and protective factors for adolescent depression and anxiety disorders that parents can potentially modify; Parental self-efficacy in parenting to reduce adolescent depression and anxiety (not COVID-19-specific); Parent psychological distress; Adolescent depression symptoms; Adolescent anxiety symptoms; Public Health - Health promotion/education; Mental Health - Depression; Mental Health - Anxiety

• Registration Number: ACTRN12621000854831
• Lead Sponsor: Monash University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-07-02
• Last Update Posted: 13 March 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 500

Inclusion Criteria

Parent or guardian of at least one child aged 12 to 17 years (inclusive) at baseline, who reside in Australia, have access to an internet-enabled device, and have sufficient English proficiency (self-determined) to engage in the PiP-Plus intervention.

Exclusion Criteria

No exclusion criteria specified.

We will not exclude parents who report clinically elevated symptoms of anxiety or depression in their adolescents at baseline. However, by assessing baseline symptoms, we will be able to conduct subsidiary subgroup analyses of parents of adolescents above/below clinical cut-off scores on the symptom measures, to examine the program effects on these subgroups.
The cut-off scores used to determine symptom elevation will be based on published cut-off scores, as follows:
RCADS-P depression subscale T-score of 70 or greater.
RCADS-P anxiety subscale T-score of 70 or greater.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
COVID-19-specific parental self-efficacy, as measured by the total score on the COVID-19 Parental Self-Efficacy Scale (COVID-19-PSES).<br>The COVID-19-PSES was developed specifically for use in this trial.<br>The scale consists of 8 items assessing parental confidence across the parenting domains covered in the new PiP-Plus COVID-19 content.[The COVID-19-PSES will be completed at baseline and at 3-months (90 days) post-baseline completion date.<br>]