The Development and Evaluation of a Single Session Intervention for Parent Distress Tolerance
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
- Enrollment
- 56
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in Distress Tolerance Scale scores
Study Overview
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.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Single (Participant)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •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.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Failure to meet any of the inclusion criteria.
Arms & Interventions
Parents THRIVE Group
Participants in this group will receive the Parents THRIVE intervention. Participants will be in this group for up to two hours.
Intervention: Parents THRIVE (Behavioral)
Sharing Feelings Project Group
Participants in this group will receive the Sharing Feelings Group intervention. Participants will be in this group for up to two hours.
Intervention: Sharing Feelings Project (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in Distress Tolerance Scale scores
Time Frame: 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 Outcomes
- Change in Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale (OASIS) scores(Baseline, up to three-week follow-up)
- Change in Overall Depression Severity and Impairment Scale (ODSIS) scores(Baseline, up to three-week follow-up)
- Change in Parental Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (PAAQ) scores(Baseline, up to three-week follow-up)
Investigators
Jill May Ehrenreich
Professor, Associate Chair
University of Miami