Effectiveness of an Empirically Supported Family Intervention: Mental Health Outcomes, Mechanisms of Effect, and Organizational Factors
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Mental Health
- Sponsor
- University of Notre Dame
- Enrollment
- 1800
- Locations
- 3
- Primary Endpoint
- Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS)
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
This study is designed to test the effectiveness of a psychoeducation-based program to address communication and conflict resolution in families, thereby supporting mental health in children and their caregivers.
Detailed Description
The goal of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a program to improve mental health in families by reducing stress and supporting effective communication and conflict resolution. Families will be randomly assigned to one of two conditions: in the self-study condition, families will receive information to review on their own, paired with regular (weekly) contact from a family coach; in the second condition, families will receive information to review on their own, regular contact from a coach, and will participate in video sessions with a family coach who will provide feedback on their interactions and coaching on their use of a communication technique. Data collection, management and analysis will be conducted by researchers at the University of Notre Dame, but the intervention will occur through community organizations in three cities in Indiana, allowing for tests of the effectiveness of the program when it is implemented in community settings. Families will participate in a pre-test assessment, a four-week intervention, a post-test assessment, and a one-year follow up assessment. Also evaluated will be organizational factors and factors that impact ultimate implementation and scalability of the program in community settings.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Two parents or primary caregivers
- •Child between 4 and 17 years old
- •English literate
- •Able/willing to participate through the 12-month follow up assessment.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Families who cannot communicate in English
- •Single parent families
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS)
Time Frame: 1 year
Youth Adjustment
Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CESD)
Time Frame: 1 year
Youth Adjustment
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)
Time Frame: 1 year
Youth Adjustment
Security in the Marital System Questionnaire (SIMS-PR)
Time Frame: 1 year
Youth Emotional Security: Testing process models associated with youth emotional security as the mechanism of effect for program effectiveness
Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)
Time Frame: 1 year
Youth Adjustment
O'Leary Porter Scale (OPS)
Time Frame: 1 year
Interadult Conflict
Family Interactions Coding Scale
Time Frame: 1 year
Observational measures of interadult and family conflict
Security in the Subsystem (SIS)
Time Frame: 1 year
Youth Emotional Security: Testing process models associated with youth emotional security as the mechanism of effect for program effectiveness
Leadership Perspective Measure (purpose created measure of organizational leaderships' perspective on program, implementation and sustainability)
Time Frame: 4 years
Testing organizational factors associated with program effectiveness
Organizational Characteristics Measure (purpose created measure of organizational characteristics)
Time Frame: 4 years
Testing organizational factors associated with program effectiveness
Facilitator Perspective Measure (purpose created measure of community facilitators' perspective on program implementation and training)
Time Frame: 4 years
Testing organizational factors associated with program effectiveness
Security in the Family System (SIFS)
Time Frame: 1 year
Youth Emotional Security: Testing process models associated with youth emotional security as the mechanism of effect for program effectiveness