From observed parenting to parents' neuropsychology: a research project aimed at finding the best interventions to support parent-child relationships and at understanding how these interventions work

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Parenting intervention in mothers with Substance Use Disorder; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use

• Registration Number: ISRCTN63070968
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Padua

Brief Summary

2022 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35870942/ (added 25/07/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-06-25
• Last Update Posted: 13 November 2023
• Study Completion: 2025-05-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

SUD groups (both experimental and control):
1. History of SUD diagnosis, intended as severe substance use, abuse, or dependence according to criteria outlined by principal diagnostic manuals (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, International Classification of Diseases). Substances of interest involve one or more of the following: alcohol; caffeine; cannabis; hallucinogens; inhalants; opioids; sedatives, hypnotics, or anxiolytics; stimulants; tobacco; and other or unknown substances.
2. Treatment in residential and outpatient facilities that treat SUD and other psychiatric disturbances
3. Mother of a child aged between 12 months and 6 years old
4. Lives with the child or in close contact with him/her (at least 4 times per week)

Low-risk group:
1. Absence of history of SUD diagnosis, intended as severe substance use, abuse, or dependence according to criteria outlined by principal diagnostic manuals (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, International Classification of Diseases)
2. Absence of history of treatment in residential and outpatient facilities that treat SUD and other psychiatric disturbances
3. Mother of a child aged between 12 months and 6 years old
4. Lives with the child or in close contact with him/her (at least 4 times per week)

Exclusion Criteria

SUD groups:
1. Presence of diagnosed psychotic disorders in an active phase
2. Presence of organic brain disorders that prevent the execution of the tasks
3. Presence of child developmental pervasive disorders

Low-risk group:
1. Presence of diagnosed psychotic disorders in an active phase,
2. Presence of organic brain disorders that prevent the execution of the tasks
3. Presence of child developmental pervasive disorders
4. History of SUD diagnosis

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Quality of observed parenting behaviors measured using observational scales applied at videotaped mother-child interactions at pre-test, post-test, and 2 months follow-up<br>2. Cognitive mechanisms measured using computerized neuropsychological tasks and self-report measures at pre-test, post-test, and 2 months follow-up

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Perceived parenting stress measured using self-report measures at pre-test, post-test and 2 months follow-up