A study of Group Triple P: training to improve parenting skills in low-income Portuguese mothers
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Mental health in caregivers and their children who live in high psychosocial risk situationsMental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN19620485
- Lead Sponsor
- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Porto
- Brief Summary
2021 Results article in https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105862 (added 15/04/2021)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 134
Inclusion Criteria
1. Portuguese mothers or maternal substitutes
2. Principal caregiver of child aged 3 to 12 years
3. At psychosocial risk due to low income
4. Receiving economic support from Portuguese social welfare
Exclusion Criteria
1. Has a child or children with developmental disorders (e.g. autism) and/or chronic illness
2. Has an intellectual impairment or is hearing/visually impaired
3. Current drug/alcohol abuse
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Emotional and behavioral symptoms in children, measured through the subscales of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ-P; Godman, 1997) and Conner’s Teacher Rating Scale (Conners, 1998). This measures will be accomplished by principal caregivers and teachers at three timepoints: pre-intervention, post-intervention and at 12-months follow-up.<br> 2. Parental sense of competence, measured through the subscales of the Parental Sense of Competence Scale (PSOC; Gibaud-Wallston & Wandersman, 1978)<br> 3. Parent's use of ineffective parenting practices, measured through the subscales of Parenting Scale (Arnold, O´Leary, Wolff & Acker, 1993) and the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (Frick, 1991).<br> These are self-report measures and will be filled by caregivers at three timepoints: pre-intervention, post-intervention and at 12-months follow-up.<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Parental psychological adjustment, measured by the subscales of Depression-Anxiety-Stress (DASS-21, Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995)<br> 2. Parental stress, measured by subscales of Parental Stress Index-Short Form (PSI-SF, Abidin, 1990)<br> 3. Informal social support network, measured through an adapted version subscale of Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey (MOS-SSS, Sherbourne & Stewart, 1991).<br> These are self-report measures and will be filled by principal caregivers at three timepoints: pre-intervention, post-intervention and at 12-months follow-up.<br>