Evaluation of the Family Intervention Program (PIF)

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Parenting; Children/Adolescent Adjustment; Family Functioning

• Registration Number: NCT07106775
• Lead Sponsor: University of Seville

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of home positive parenting programs targeted to families at psychosocial risk carried out in Cantabria (Spain).

The investigators will collect information before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years). Besides, the investigators will compare these results with information from other families that are not taking part in the program. Depending on the case, the practitioners in charge of the intervention, the main caregivers of the participating families and/or the adolescents will provide the information for the study.

The investigators expect that families participating in the programs will improve their parenting competencies, their family dynamics, and the life quality of their children.

Detailed Description

A quasi-experimental design will be followed, with at least three evaluation moments and with a non-randomized comparison group.

Families will be referred to the PIF from social services. The participants will answer a series of questionnaires and scales, where they will give information related to sociodemographic data, parenting competencies, family functioning and children/adolescent adjustment. The information will be digitized through a computer application to which only the professional intervening with the family will have access. The app will not allow the participants to leave any question with no answer or with an incorrect answer.

To analyze the data, the investigators will use the softwares Mplus and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2025-01-15
• Study First Submitted: 2025-07-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-07-29
• Status Verified: 2025-08
• Study First Posted: 2025-08-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-08-11
• Last Update Posted: 2025-08-14
• Primary Completion: 2026-05
• Study Completion: 2026-05-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• Being a psychosocial at-risk family with at least one child under 18 years of age
• Living in the territory that corresponds to that social services center

Exclusion Criteria

• Experience family crisis that prevent for participating in the home intervention
• Experience mental health issue that prevent for participating in the home intervention
• High level of psychosolcial risk

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Family functioning	Before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)	SCORE rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 5. Higher scores mean a better outcome.
Children's quality of life	Before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)	KIDSCREEN-10 rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 5. Higher scores mean a better outcome.
Satisfaction with Family Life	Before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)	Satisfaction with Family Life Scale (SWFLS), rated on a 7-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 7. Higher scores mean a better outcome.
Emotional intelligence	Before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)	The Emotional Quotient Inventory: Youth Version (EQ-i:YV) rated on a 4-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 4. Higher scores mean a better outcome.
Indicators of social integration of the family	Before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)	This ad hoc instrument rated on a 4-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 4. Higher scores mean a better outcome.
Children adjustment	Before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)	The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) rated on a 3-point Likert-type scale ranging from 0 to 2. Higher scores mean a better outcome.
School adjustment indicators	Before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)	This ad hoc instrument rated on a 4-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 4. Higher scores mean a better outcome.
Parental Competencies	Before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)	The Parenting Competencies Assessment Interview (ECP - 12) rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 5. Higher scores mean a better outcome.
Autonomy and life skills	Before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)	The Life Skills Inventory (LSI) rated on a 2-point Likert-type scale ranging from 0 to 1. Higher scores mean a better outcome.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Expectations about the intervention	Before the intervention	This ad hoc instrument rated on a 4-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 4. Higher scores mean a better outcome.
Perceived change after the intervention	Every six months from the start of the intervention until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)	This ad hoc instrument rated on a 4-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 4. Higher scores mean a better outcome.
Satisfaction with the intervention	Every six months from the start of the intervention until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)	Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8), rated on a 4-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 4. Higher scores mean a better outcome.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Consejería de Inclusión Social, Juventud, Familias E Igualdad; 🇪🇸 Santander, Cantabria, Spain