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Promoting recently arrived immigrant parents' adjustment and well-being

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Conditions
Promoting the adjustment and well-being of recently arrived immigrant parents in Sweden.
Not Applicable
Registration Number
ISRCTN18346856
Lead Sponsor
Örebro University
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Ongoing
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
300
Inclusion Criteria

1. The parents immigrated to Sweden in 2015 or later
2. The parents have been in Sweden for a minimum of 6 months and have at least one child between the ages of 10 to 18 years old
3. The parents should be able to follow the programs in Swedish or in one of the other languages that the program materials are available: Arabic, Dari, Kurdish, Somalian, and Tigrinya.

Exclusion Criteria

Participants who self-report that they currently receive treatment for a psychological problem or psychiatric illness

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1. Parent-child relationship quality measured using the secure-base subscale of the Network of Relationships Inventory (NRI) at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up<br>2. Warmth measured using the warmth subscale of the Family Check-up (FCU) Caregiver Assessment Scale at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up<br>3. Conflict measured using the conflict subscale of the FCU Caregiver Assessment Scale at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up<br>4. Parent-child communication measured using the companionship subscale of the Network of Relationships Inventory (NRI) at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up<br>5. Parents’ perceived efficacy to support their child’s schooling measured using the Parental Self-Efficacy for Helping the Child Succeed in School Scale at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up<br><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1. Optimism about the future measured using an adapted version of the Optimism Scale (EPOCH) at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up. The original items were revised to assess optimism related to the future of the family.<br>2. Parental resilience measured using the Rugged Resilience Measure (RRM) at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up<br>3. Self-report of stress and health measured using the Refugee Health Screener (RHS-13) pre-test, post-test, and follow-up<br>4. Subjective well-being measured using the Well-being Index by WHO (WHO-5) at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up<br>5. Sense of societal belonging measured using the adult version of the Societal Belongingness measure developed based on the Adolescents’ Societal Belongingness Scale (ASBS) at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up<br>6. Views about society measured using the Views about the Swedish Society Scale (VS) at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up
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