Parenting Program for Parents of Children With Emotional and Behavioral Issues: A Randomized Control Trial

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Parent-Child Relations
• Interventions: Behavioral: Helpful Parenting Program Intervention

• Registration Number: NCT06178705
• Lead Sponsor: Government College University Faisalabad

Brief Summary

The main objectives of the study are:

1. To find out the effectiveness of Helpful Parenting Program (HPP) for psychological functioning of children's parent having behavioral and emotional issues.

2. To decrease psychological distress among children's parent having behavioral and emotional issues.

Detailed Description

In this Helpful Parenting Program, N=200 participants would be enrolled for eligibility assessment from different schools in Faisalabad. 70 participants after the eligibility assessment and screening would be allocated to experimental and waitlist treatment condition. Participants would be allocated through random assignment using block randomization. In experimental group, the parents of children with emotional \& behavioral issues will be included and 8 to 10 sessions of helpful parenting program would be provided to the parents. Each of the group will be comprised of n=35.

Eligibility Criteria:

Only parents with dysfunctional parenting practices, having children with emotional and behavioral issues would be a part of the study. Second, Only parents would be included in the study who score above 18 on SDQ-4. Only parents having children aged 5 to 12 years would be included in the study. Parents with major psychological disorders would be excluded from the study. The parent served as single parent would be excluded from the study.The participants would be taken from any socioeconomic status.

Interventions:

8-10 sessions with 60 minutes duration once in a week will be conducted with the parents in group and one-on-one setting. Helpful parenting program would be based on social learning theory, behavior modification and couple counseling. The program will be used as an intervention strategy with parents to built insight about their child's emotional \& behavioral issues. Different strategies to teach parenting skills will also be used as an intervention. Further more, this program will target parents' psychological distress and couples' problematic conflicts regarding parenting.

Expected Outcomes:

This study will help to provide valuable information to mental health professionals to understand and develop guidelines for parents of children with emotional \& behavioral issues. Further, this program would decrease psychological distress \& couple's problematic conflicts among parents and improve the psychological functioning of parents. Moreover, this program will improve parental competence and make them independent problem solvers.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-11-15
• Study First Submitted: 2023-11-29
• Status Verified: 2023-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-12-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-12-19
• Study First Posted: 2023-12-21
• Last Update Posted: 2023-12-21
• Primary Completion: 2024-01-01
• Study Completion: 2024-04-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

• Only parents with dysfunctional parenting practices, having children with emotional and behavioral issues would be a part of the study. Second, Only parents would be included in the study who score above 18 on SDQ-4. Only parents having children aged 5 to 12 years would be included in the study. The participants would be taken from any socioeconomic status.

Exclusion Criteria

• Parents with major psychological disorders would be excluded from the study. The parent served as single parent would be excluded from the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Treatment Group	Helpful Parenting Program Intervention	Experimental Group: Participants in experimental group would receive 8-10 sessions of intervention based helpful parenting program

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Dyadic Adjustment Scale	4 months	This scale will assess the parents level of adjustment
Strength and difficulty questionnaire	4 months	This scale will assess the parents strength and difficulty dealing the child
Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale	4 months	This scale will assess the level of depression, anxiety and stress among the parents of emotionally disturbed child

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Parents sense of competence scale	4 months	This scale will assess the sense of competence
Parenting Scale	4 months	This scale will assess the level of parenting

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Qasir Abbas; 🇵🇰 Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan