Stop, Focus, Plan, and Change: Predicting Parent and Child Responses to a Brief, Telehealth Parent Training

Phase 2

Recruiting

• Conditions: Irritable Mood; Behavioral Problem; Parenting; Stress
• Interventions: Behavioral: Brief Behavioral Parenting Program

• Registration Number: NCT06505980
• Lead Sponsor: University of Colorado, Denver

Brief Summary

This study will look at who does not improve after doing a behavioral parent training program briefly through telehealth. It will also study ways to make the intervention better for those that do not improve.

Detailed Description

Not available

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2024-06-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-07-10
• Study First Posted: 2024-07-17
• Study Start: 2024-10-18
• Status Verified: 2024-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-12-02
• Last Update Posted: 2024-12-03
• Primary Completion: 2028-09-30
• Study Completion: 2028-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 130

Inclusion Criteria

• Parent speaks English or Spanish
• Parent has access to Internet
• Parent intends to complete treatment
• Parent reports child has elevated externalizing concerns

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Exclusion Criteria

• Child is a ward of the state
• Child diagnosed with severe medical or nonverbal developmental disability

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Behavioral Parent Training Program	Brief Behavioral Parenting Program	The behavioral parent training intervention is delivered briefly through telehealth. It will be the only arm. It will be the only intervention received by participants in the context of this study.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Caregiver Strain Questionnaire - Short Form	(1) Pre-treatment, (2) Up to 4 weeks after treatment began (Mid-Treatment), and (3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)	The Caregiver Strain Questionnaire - Short Form measures parenting stress. Possible scores range from 7 to 35, with higher scores indicating more parenting stress.
Parenting Scale - Short Form	(1) Pre-treatment, (2) Up to 4 weeks after treatment began (Mid-Treatment), and (3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)	The Parenting Scale Short Form measures parenting practices, including emotional over-reactivity and lax discipline use. Possible scores on the emotional over-reactivity scale range from 4 to 28, with higher scores indicating more emotional reactivity. Possible scores on the lax discipline scale range from 4 to 28, with higher scores indicating more lax discipline use.
Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory	(1) Pre-treatment, (2) Up to 4 weeks after treatment began (Mid-Treatment), and (3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)	The Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory measures parent-reported child behavioral concerns. Possible scores range from 36 to 252, with higher scores indicating more child behaviors concerns.
Sutter Eyberg Student Behavior Inventory	(1) Pre-treatment and (3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)	The Sutter Eyberg Student Behavior Inventory measures teacher-reported child behavioral concerns. Possible scores range from 36 to 266, with higher scores indicating more child behaviors concerns.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Retrospective Post-Pre Change: Harsh Parenting	(3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)	The retrospective post-pre change: harsh parenting questionnaire measures parental perceptions of change in harsh parenting (e.g., yelling) over the course of the intervention. One item measures the frequency of harsh parenting before the intervention and another item measures the frequency of harsh parenting after the intervention. Each item ranges from 0 to 100 with higher scores indicating more harsh parenting at the respective time point.
Retrospective Post-Pre Change: Parenting Stress	(3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)	The retrospective post-pre change: parenting stress questionnaire measures parental perceptions of change in parenting stress over the course of the intervention. One item measures the frequency of parenting stress before the intervention and another item measures the frequency of parenting stress after the intervention. Each item ranges from 0 to 100 with higher scores indicating more parenting stress at the respective time point.
Dyadic Parent-Child Interaction Coding System	(1) Pre-treatment and (3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)	The dyadic parent-child interaction coding system is an observational coding system measuring parenting behaviors. Observations are coding using event-based ratings to tally the number of specific parenting behaviors observed within the parent-child interaction task.
PROMIS Child Anger / Irritability	(1) Pre-treatment, (2) Up to 4 weeks after treatment began (Mid-Treatment), and (3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)	The PROMIS Child Anger / Irritability survey measures child irritability. Possible scores range from 8 to 40, with higher scores indicating more child irritability.
Parent-Child Interaction Coding System	(1) Pre-treatment and (3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)	The Parent-Child Interaction Coding System (PARCHISY) is an observational coding system measuring parenting behavior and affect. Observation are coded using global ratings on a 1 (not observed) to 7 (frequently observed) scale.
Retrospective Post-Pre Change: Child Externalizing Concerns	(3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)	The retrospective post-pre change: child behavioral concerns questionnaire measures parental perceptions of change in child behavioral concerns over the course of the intervention. One item measures the frequency of child behavioral concerns before the intervention and another item measures the frequency of child behavioral concerns after the intervention. Each item ranges from 0 to 100 with higher scores indicating more child behavioral concerns at the respective time point.
Retrospective Post-Pre Change: Child Irritability	(3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)	The retrospective post-pre change: child irritability questionnaire measures parental perceptions of change in child irritability over the course of the intervention. One item measures the frequency of child irritability before the intervention and another item measures the frequency of child irritability after the intervention. Each item ranges from 0 to 100 with higher scores indicating more child irritability at the respective time point.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Children's Hospital Colorado; 🇺🇸 Aurora, Colorado, United States