Evaluation of the Comprehensive Family Support Program (PAIF)
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- University of Seville
- Enrollment
- 1,429
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Parenting practices (Overreactivity and Laxness)
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of positive parenting programs targeted to parents of toddlers, children and adolescents carried out in Cantabria (Spain).
We will collect information from the participants before the intervention, in the last session of the program and some months after, to verify if there have been some changes in the family dynamics of these parents, and if these changes continue after some time. Besides, we will compare these results with information from other families that are not taking part in the program. The main caregivers of the participating families and the practitioners in charge of the intervention will provide the information for the study.
We expect that families participating in the programs will improve their parenting competencies and their family dynamics, and that these change will stay after the program.
Detailed Description
A quasi-experimental design will be followed, with three evaluation moments (pretest, posttest and follow-up) and with a non-randomized comparison group.
The positive parenting programs will be advertised by social media, schools and high schools. The participants will be parental figures interested in joining these programs.
The participants will answer a series of questionnaires by an app, where they will give information related to sociodemographic data and parenting competencies. The app will not allow the participants to leave any question with no answer or with an incorrect answer.
To analyze the data, we will use the softwares Mplus and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Non Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Being caregiver of at least one child under 18 years of age
- •The child to be in the developmental stage appropriate for the corresponding arm
- •If participating in a targeted program, meet the requirements: (1) be a father; (2) presenting bad health habits in the family according the evaluation of the pediatrician
- •Motivated to improve parenting competences
Exclusion Criteria
- •Not having sufficient command of the Spanish language to be able to communicate
- •Experience family crisis that prevent for participating in a group intervention
- •Experience mental health issue that prevent for participating in a group intervention
Arms & Interventions
Parenting newborn
Program aimed at community families with children enrolled in Early Childhood Care Centers (from 0 to 2 years old).
Intervention: Positive parenting PAIF program (Behavioral)
Parenting Toddlers
Program aimed at community families with children from 2 to 5 years old.
Intervention: Positive parenting PAIF program (Behavioral)
Parenting Children
Program aimed at community families with children from 6 to 12 years old.
Intervention: Positive parenting PAIF program (Behavioral)
Parenting Adolescents
Program aimed at community families with children from 12 to 18 years old.
Intervention: Positive parenting PAIF program (Behavioral)
Active and Health Families
Program aimed at targeted families due identified needs for healthy lifestyle habits
Intervention: Positive parenting PAIF program (Behavioral)
Functional diversity Parenting
Program aimed at targeted families whose children and/or adolescents exhibit functional diversity characteristics
Intervention: Positive parenting PAIF program (Behavioral)
Control
Families that are not participating in any program as they live in a comparable area where any of the intervention is offered
Parenting as as Father
Program aimed at fathers from the community population
Intervention: Positive parenting PAIF program (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Parenting practices (Overreactivity and Laxness)
Time Frame: Pretest, immediately posttest and 6 month follow-up
Parenting Scale - Short version (PS), rated on a 7-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 7. Higher scores mean a worse outcome.
Perception of the parental role
Time Frame: Pretest, immediately posttest and 6 month follow-up
Me as a Parent Scale (MaaP), rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 5. Higher scores mean a better outcome.
Parenting practices (Authoritative parenting style: Warmth and Support, Reasoning/Induction, Democratic Participation)
Time Frame: Pretest, immediately posttest and 6 month follow-up
Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire - Short version (PSDQ-Short version), rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 5. Higher scores mean a better outcome.
Secondary Outcomes
- Social support(Pretest, immediately posttest and 6 month follow-up)
- Satisfaction with the intervention(Immediately Posttest)
- Satisfaction with Family Life(Pretest, posttest and follow-up)
- Children adjustment(Pretest, immediately posttest and 6 month follow-up)
Investigators
Victoria Hidalgo García
Principal Investigator
University of Seville