Evaluating the effects of parenting interventions for families with refugee backgrounds

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Parenting, parental stress, refugee parents, trauma, mental health condition, problem behavior in children; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN35008070
• Lead Sponsor: The Arctic University of Norway

Brief Summary

2021 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34763712/ (added 10/03/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-02-24
• Last Update Posted: 20 March 2023
• Study Completion: 2024-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 360

Inclusion Criteria

1. Refugee and/or minority families
2. Families with =1 children between the ages of 6 and 12 years

Added 01/09/2020:
Participants in the study need to be able to speak or understand one of the following languages: Turkish, Somali, Arabic, Norwegian, English, French, Swahili or Tigrina

Exclusion Criteria

Parents with severe developmental delay

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Parenting practices of positive verbal discipline, harsh and inconsistent discipline, physical punishment, and praise and incentives measured using parenting practices inventory (PPI) at baseline (T1), 6 weeks (T2), 15 weeks (T3), and 1 year (T4)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Child behaviour will be measured using the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (ECBI) at baseline (T1), 6 weeks (T2), 15 weeks (T3), and 1 year (T4)<br> 2. Parental distress will be measured using the Parenting Stress Index (PSI) at baseline (T1), 6 weeks (T2), 15 weeks (T3), and 1 year (T4)<br> 3. Parent mental health will be measured using the Hopkins Symptom Checklist (SCL-10) at baseline (T1), 6 weeks (T2), 15 weeks (T3), and 1 year (T4)<br> 4. Parent resilience will be measured using the Resilience Scale for Adolescents (READ) at baseline (T1) and 15 weeks (T3)<br> 5. Parent adverse childhood experiences will be measured using the adverse childhood experiences (ACE) at 15 weeks (T3)<br>