A web-based randomised controlled trial comparing practitioner-supported Triple P Online, self-directed Triple P Online, and a computer-use-as-usual control group on child behaviour and parenting practices in a targeted sample of families identified as at-risk, or typically less likely to participate in traditional parenting programs.

Jamin Day0 sites208 target enrollmentJune 26, 2014

Overview

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

June 26, 2014

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

6 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

Jamin Day

•1\. One or more children between the ages of 2 and 9 years.
•2\. Concerns regarding their child's behaviour, particularly relating to aggressive behaviour and/or social problems
•3\. One or more of the following criteria:
•\- At least one parent (if in a dual\-parent household) has completed no further education beyond high school. Completion of a trade certificate or apprenticeship would mean this criterion has not been met.
•\- Single\-parent household, including divorced, widowed or unmarried parents.
•\- Not able to meet essential household expenses in the last 6 months, OR perceived financial difficulty (spending more than they get, or just enough money to get through to the next pay day).
•\- Currently experiencing significant conflict with their partner around parenting issues, as measured by the problem scale of the Parent Problem Checklist. The cutoff used was 5 or more 'Yes' responses to the question Has this issue been a problem for you and your partner in the last 4 weeks. A score greater than 5 is considered to be in the clinical range.
•\- Parental adjustment difficulties as determined by the Kessler\-10, a brief, 10\-item measure of psychological distress used to screen for depression and anxiety. A score of 22 or higher was used as a cutoff.

•\- The target child has a disability and/or chronic illness, including language or speech impairment
•\- The parent is currently seeing a professional for parenting support, primarily relating to their child’s behaviour difficulties
•\- The parent is currently enrolled in a parenting program
•\- The parent is receiving psychological/psychiatric help or counselling (personal/marital)
•\- The parent is intellectually and/or hearing impaired
•\- The parent is not able to read/write English without assistance
•\- The parent is excluded if they do not have access to a laptop or desktop computer for personal use, or do not have access to high\-speed internet (e.g. broadband/adsl or higher, due to videos in the program)