Positive Parenting: Empowering Young Mothers Experiencing Homelessness With a History of Inter-personal Violence to Improve Parenting Strategies

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Positive Parenting

• Registration Number: NCT05139251
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to strengthen the skills and self-efficacy of women by addressing the social and emotional trauma that they have experienced from inter-personal violence (IPRV) and homelessness and to promote positive parenting strategies through Play and Learning Strategies (ePALS), an evidence based intervention.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-11-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-11-18
• Study First Posted: 2021-12-01
• Study Start: 2022-09-07
• Primary Completion: 2023-06-20
• Study Completion: 2023-10-19
• Status Verified: 2024-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-01-30
• Last Update Posted: 2024-01-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 13

Inclusion Criteria

• women's report of physical, sexual or psychological abuse from a partner/ family member/ acquaintance/ stranger within the last 24 months
• have at least one child under the age of 5 years old

Exclusion Criteria

• non-English speaking
• physical presence of a male partner at the time of enrollment

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Women's parenting stress as assessed by the Parental Stress scale (PSS)	Baseline, 1 month post intervention, 3 months post intervention	PSS is an 18-item questionnaire and the participants rate each item on a scale ranging from 1 ("strongly disagree") to 5 ("strongly agree"), a higher score indicating more stress
Change in social support as assessed by the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Item Bank v 2.0 Informational Support	Baseline, 1 month post intervention, 3 months post intervention	The PROMIS informational support is a 10 items and participants respond each item using a 5-point rating scale (Health Measures) anchored by 1(never)-5(always) with a higher score indicating a better outcome
Change in self efficacy as assessed by the General Self- Efficacy Scale (GSE)	Baseline, 1 month post intervention, 3 months post intervention	GSE is a 10 item scale. Participants respond to statements such as "I can solve most problems if I invest the necessary effort" on a 4-point Likert scale anchored by 1(not at all true)-4( exactly true),the total score ranges between 10 and 40, with a higher score indicating more self-efficacy.
Change in social support as assessed by the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Item Bank v 2.0 Emotional Support	Baseline, 1 month post intervention, 3 months post intervention	The PROMIS emotional support tool has 16 items and the participants respond each item using a 5-point rating scale from 1(never)-5(always) a higher score indicating more emotional support
Change in parent satisfaction as assessed by the Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (PSOC)	Baseline, 1 month post intervention, 3 months post intervention	The PSOC is a 17-item scale and each item is rated on a 6-point Likert scale anchored by 1(strongly disagree to 6( strongly agree).A higher score indicates a higher parenting sense of competency
Change in women's empowerment as assessed by the Personal Progress Scale-Revised (PPS-R)	Baseline, 1 month post intervention, 3 months post intervention	PPS-R is a 28-item self-report measure on which participants rate the extent to which they agreed or disagreed with each item on a 7-point scale.
Change in children's behavior as assessed by the Devereux Early Childhood Assessments (DECA)-Infant	Baseline, 1 month post intervention, 3 months post intervention	DECA (Infant) is a 33 item questionnaire for parents about their infants (1mont-18 months) It is a 5 point behavior rating scale scored from never to very frequently which provides an assessment of within-child protective factors central to social and emotional health and resilience.
Change in perceived parent child connectedness as assessed by the Mothers Object Relational Scale- Short Form (MORS- SF) and MORS- Child scale.	Baseline, 1 month post intervention, 3 months post intervention	this is a 14 item scale and each item is scored from 0( never)-5(always)
Change in children's behavior as assessed by the Devereux Early Childhood Assessments (DECA)-Toddler	Baseline, 1 month post intervention, 3 months post intervention	DECA (Toddler) is a 36 item questionnaire. It is a 5 point behavior rating scale scored from never to very frequently which provides an assessment of within-child protective factors central to social and emotional health and resilience.
Change in children's behavior as assessed by the Devereux Early Childhood Assessments (DECA)-Preschoolers	Baseline, 1 month post intervention, 3 months post intervention	DECA (preschoolers) is a 38 item questionnaire. It is a 5 point behavior rating scale scored from never to very frequently which provides an assessment of within-child protective factors central to social and emotional health and resilience.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States