Family Check-Up Online for Middle School Parents
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Families of Middle School Students at Title 1 Schools
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
- Enrollment
- 2000
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Child School Performance
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the benefits of the Family Check-Up Online Program for parents of middle school students in Arizona. Participants will complete an online pre-survey, gain access to the online parenting program Family Check-Up, and have the option to meet with a coach to discuss the program. The participants will also complete a post-survey 3 months after enrollment.
Detailed Description
The lingering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted families adversely in multiple ways, including economic stressors, mental health-related functioning, and social/familial functioning. Given the scale of the pandemic's impact on families with school-aged children, the implementation of effective family-focused programs that target core mechanisms of change with a broad range of benefits for parents and youth across diverse populations, and that can be brought to scale rapidly and with fidelity, represents critical public health goals. Toward this end, this project is designed to further examine the efficacy of a web-based version of the universal Family Check-Up prevention program, which is an empirically-supported, parent-focused program designed to promote resilience and improve family functioning among parents of middle school-aged youth (grades 6-8th). A randomized control trial conducted through the University of Oregon found that parents who completed the Family Check-up Online program (FCO) either with or without supplemental support coaching exhibited significant increases in confidence and effortful control related to implementing skills and strategies that promote positive emotional and behavioral health among teens. This suggests that parents who complete the program feel more empowered to help guide their child's positive decision making and more effectively manage family challenges. This project will examine whether the FCO program produces improvements in positive parenting practices, reductions in parental emotional distress, and reductions in youth emotional/behavioral problems when delivered as a universal prevention program targeting parents of 6-8th grade students attending Title 1 public schools (\>50% students eligible for free/reduced lunch). The investigators will also examine whether the structured parent coaching support component of the program (i.e., Guidance Coaching) helps to improve the program's effectiveness relative to a parent-initiated informational support condition.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •All parents with a child enrolled in grades 6-8 at participating Title 1 public schools will be invited to take part in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Child School Performance
Time Frame: 3 months
Parent report of their child's school performance, range 1-5, higher values = better outcome
Child Depression
Time Frame: 3 months
Parent report of child's depression with PROMIS scale, range 1-5, higher values = worse outcome
Active Parental Monitoring
Time Frame: 3 months
Parent self-report of monitoring, range 1-5, higher values = better outcome
Child Anger
Time Frame: 3 months
Parent report of their child's anger, range 1-5, higher values = worse outcome
Child Oppositional Defiance
Time Frame: 3 months
Parent report of their child's oppositional defiant behavior, range 1-5, higher values = worse outcome
Positive Parenting
Time Frame: 3 months
Parent self-report of positive parenting practices, range 1-5, higher values = better outcome
Parental Confidence
Time Frame: 3 months
Parent self-report of confidence with various parenting strategies, range 1-5, higher values = better outcome
Child Callous-Unemotional Traits
Time Frame: 3 months
Parent report of their child's callousness, range 1-5, higher values = worse outcome
Family Conflict
Time Frame: 3 months
Parent report of family conflict including arguing and fighting, range 1-5, higher values = worse outcomes
Harsh Parenting
Time Frame: 3 months
Parent self-report of harsh parenting, range 1-5, higher values = worse outcome
Child Aggression
Time Frame: 3 months
Parent report of their child's aggression, range 1-5, higher values = worse outcome
Child Stress
Time Frame: 3 months
Parent report of child's stress with PROMIS scale, range 1-5, higher values = worse outcome
Child Anxiety
Time Frame: 3 months
Parent report of child's anxiety with PROMIS scale, range 1-5, higher values = worse outcome
Secondary Outcomes
- Parent Anxiety(3 months)
- Parent Depression(3 months)
- Parent Stress(3 months)