A Brief Multimedia Program Affects Parents' Attitudes Toward Physical Punishment

NCT01459510 | Completed Phase 1

• 1 other identifier: 100533
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 260
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that parents receive anticipatory guidance about how to discipline their children as part of the well child visit. However, physicians provide counseling only 25-40% of the time. In regard to the type of discipline, the AAP recommends that primary care providers encourage parent to use non-physical forms of discipline and discourage parents from using physical punishment. Educational resources are needed to help physicians routinely provide these important anticipatory guidance messages. In this study, consecutive parents were exposed to routine anticipatory guidance messages before the well child visit with the physician. After the clinic visit, parents were invited to participate in a research study to assess their attitudes about physical punishment and other discipline strategies. The key research question of this study is: Can a brief multimedia program (i.e. Play Nicely program) affect parents' attitudes about the use of physical punishment? The time frame of the study was June through August of 2010. Data was collected immediately after the clinic visit and 2-4 weeks post clinic visit.

Conditions

Violence Prevention

Keywords

Violence prevention; Parenting; Discipline

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Attitudes toward spanking

  After the clinic visit, parents were invited to participate in a 2 minute survey which included the ATS scale, a 10 item scale that is associated with parents' actual use of physical punishment. Data was obtained from the parent immediately after the clinic visit while the parent was in the clinic. We attempted a follow up phone call 2-4 weeks post clinic visit. However, due to a poor follow up rate, this data will not be reported nor will it be compared to the data that was collected immediately post clinic visit.

  Immediately post clinic visit

Study Arms (2)

multi media intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Play Nicely Program

Behavioral: Play Nicely Program

Routine primary care

NO INTERVENTION

Routine primary care

Interventions

Play Nicely Program BEHAVIORAL

Multi media educational intervention

multi media intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

English and Spanish speaking parents of 6-24 month old children presenting for a primary care visit in the Vanderbilt Pediatric Primary Care Clinic.

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Sponsors & Collaborators

• Vanderbilt University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Vanderbilt Medical Center, Primary clinic

Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States

Location

Related Publications (3)

• Scholer SJ, Hamilton EC, Johnson MC, Scott TA. A brief intervention may affect parents' attitudes toward using less physical punishment. Fam Community Health. 2010 Apr-Jun;33(2):106-16. doi: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e3181d592ef.

  PMID: 20216353 BACKGROUND

• Scholer SJ, Hudnut-Beumler J, Dietrich MS. A brief primary care intervention helps parents develop plans to discipline. Pediatrics. 2010 Feb;125(2):e242-9. doi: 10.1542/peds.2009-0874. Epub 2010 Jan 18.

  PMID: 20083523 BACKGROUND

• Chavis A, Hudnut-Beumler J, Webb MW, Neely JA, Bickman L, Dietrich MS, Scholer SJ. A brief intervention affects parents' attitudes toward using less physical punishment. Child Abuse Negl. 2013 Dec;37(12):1192-201. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.06.003. Epub 2013 Jul 13.

  PMID: 23859768 DERIVED

Related Links

• Website for program that teaches discipline strategies

Study Officials

• Seth J Scholer, MD, MPH

  Vanderbilt University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 1
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 25, 2011
• First Posted: October 25, 2011
• Study Start: June 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2010
• Study Completion: August 1, 2010
• Last Updated: November 18, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-11

Locations

US (1)