Courageous Parents, Courageous Children

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Anxiety Disorder
• Interventions: Behavioral: Cognitive behavioural skills training

• Registration Number: NCT03224845
• Lead Sponsor: Nova Scotia Health Authority

Brief Summary

Anxiety disorders usually start in childhood and adolescence and are associated with social and occupational difficulties in adulthood. Children who have a parent with an anxiety disorder and who find new situations distressing and avoid them are at an increased risk for developing an anxiety disorder. Research suggests that anti-anxiety parenting can help children grow up courageous and calm. It is, however, difficult to parent in an anti-anxiety way when the parent has an anxiety disorder himself or herself.

This research study will test the efficacy of a new program designed to prevent the onset or persistence of anxiety disorders in children at risk for anxiety disorders. The investigators will first help parents learn skills to cope with their own anxiety and then coach them to share these skills with their children and parent in an anti-anxiety way. The goal is to intervene early enough in the children's lives so that they can be free of anxiety disorders and lead happy, healthy and productive lives in adulthood.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-07-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-07-19
• Study First Posted: 2017-07-21
• Study Start: 2017-09-17
• Status Verified: 2024-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-08-19
• Last Update Posted: 2024-08-21
• Primary Completion: 2025-09
• Study Completion: 2025-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 88

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Cognitive behavioural skills training	Cognitive behavioural skills training	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (K-SADS)	Ten years post randomization	Diagnosis of anxiety disorder in the offspring

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Global Assessment of Functioning	Ten years post randomization	Functioning in the offspring
Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders	Ten years post randomization	Anxiety in the offspring - continuous
Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 diagnoses (SCID-5)	Two years post randomization	Diagnosis of anxiety disorder in the parent
Laboratory Temperament Assessment Battery	Two years post randomization	Temperament in the offspring
Teaching Task Battery	Two years post randomization	Parenting behaviours
Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (K-SADS)	Ten years post randomization	Diagnosis of major mood and psychotic disorders in offspring
Spence Children's Anxiety Scale	Five years post randomization	Anxiety in the offspring - continuous

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Nova Scotia Health; 🇨🇦 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada