The Development and Evaluation of a Single Session Intervention for Parent Distress Tolerance
- Conditions
- ParentsMental Health IssueDistress, Emotional
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Parents THRIVEBehavioral: Sharing Feelings Project
- Registration Number
- NCT05955898
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Miami
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to study different ways to help parents cope with strong emotions. The study team will be looking at how two different treatments help parents learn to manage strong emotions. These treatments are one session and are completed online, without a therapist, like an online training or class.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
- Live in the United States.
- Parent of a child aged 6-17 years old who has received at least one counseling or mental health treatment session from a provider in the last 6 months will be eligible to participate.
- Parent is not currently receiving psychotherapy or counseling for a mental health concern (or received such in the past six months).
- Parent reported poor distress tolerance (DT). Poor DT will be defined as a score of less than 54 on the Distress Tolerance Scale.
- Due to language limitations of the primary researcher, parents will be eligible if they comfortably speak and read in English.
- Parents must have a mobile device (e.g., laptop, tablet, smart phone, etc.) or desktop computer and internet access sufficient for the delivery of the study assessments and intervention online.
- Failure to meet any of the inclusion criteria.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Parents THRIVE Group Parents THRIVE Participants in this group will receive the Parents THRIVE intervention. Participants will be in this group for up to two hours. Sharing Feelings Project Group Sharing Feelings Project Participants in this group will receive the Sharing Feelings Group intervention. Participants will be in this group for up to two hours.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in Distress Tolerance Scale scores Baseline, up to three-week follow-up The Distress Tolerance Scale is a 15-item self-report measure that measures the perceived capacity to tolerate distress from a multidimensional framework, including tolerance, appraisal, absorption, and regulation. Items are rated on a 1-5 Likert scale and then summed. Scores range from 15-75. Higher total scores indicate greater ability to tolerate distress.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale (OASIS) scores Baseline, up to three-week follow-up Measures overall anxiety severity and anxiety-related impairment due to any anxiety disorder. Total scores are computed by summing scores from all 5 items. Total score ranges from 0 to 20, with higher scores indicating higher severity and impairment of anxiety symptoms. Reduction in OASIS scores therefore indicates better outcome.
Change in Overall Depression Severity and Impairment Scale (ODSIS) scores Baseline, up to three-week follow-up Measures severity and frequency of depressive symptoms and functional deficits in pleasurable activities due to the depressive symptomatology. The ODSIS consists of 5 self-report items rated from 0 to 4. Total score ranges from 0 to 20 with higher scores indicating greater depression-related severity and impairment.
Change in Parental Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (PAAQ) scores Baseline, up to three-week follow-up A 19-item measure of parent experiential avoidance, or parental actions intended to control the form and frequency of their child's emotional experiences. Items are rated on a 7-point scale, with higher possible scores ranging from 19 to 133. Higher scores indicate less parental experiential avoidance and less effort to control child emotional experiences.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Miami
🇺🇸Coral Gables, Florida, United States