Parent Treatment for Child Social Adjustment

NCT01765166 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: Pro000193962R44MH065718-04
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 240
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

This Competing Renewal project continues the research and development of a parent-focused intervention, Parent Guide to SSGRIN, which parallels an established child-focused intervention \[Social Skills GRoup INtervention (S.S. GRIN); for children ages 8-12 years\], in order to teach and reinforce the same social skills and concepts within the home environment. A primary goal is to address questions of relative impact, longer-term treatment benefits, and differential treatment effects of the Parent Guide training on children's social skill development across settings and populations.

Conditions

Interpersonal Relations

Keywords

Social Skill Training; Social Interaction; Peer relations

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Children's social skills

  Child Acquired Learning Questionnaire

  pre-treatment, post-treatment, 6 months post-treatment, 12 months post-treatment

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Parental, child, and dyadic behavioral observations

  pre-treatment, post-treatment, 6 months post-treatment, 12 months post-treatment

Study Arms (4)

Control(ChO)

EXPERIMENTAL

Children receive traditional SSGRIN child treatment with no parent involvement

Behavioral: SSGRIN-Parent Guide

Parent attention control(PAC)

EXPERIMENTAL

Children will participate in traditional SSGRIN treatment, and parents will participate in a weekly support group to meet with other parents regarding their child's peer relations and behavior. The support group will meet for a parallel amount of time (1 hour/week for 10 weeks) and be facilitated by two parents with no SSGRIN or Parent Guide experience. The PAC condition will reflect the social support functions of a parenting group, but no therapeutic skills training or other instructional materials will be provided.

Behavioral: SSGRIN-Parent Guide

Parent Guide-Home Study(PG-HS)

EXPERIMENTAL

Children will receive traditional SSGRIN treatment, and parents will receive the Parent Guide to SSGRIN training by participating in the online Parent Guide Home Study (PG-HS) course. The PG-HS course will include all instructional content and materials for the in-person Parent Guide course, but parent will receive the training online.

Behavioral: SSGRIN-Parent Guide

Parent Guide(PG)

EXPERIMENTAL

Children will receive traditional SSGRIN treatment and parents will receive parallel traditional in-person SSGRIN-Parent Guide treatment.

Behavioral: SSGRIN-Parent Guide

Interventions

SSGRIN-Parent Guide BEHAVIORAL

All children will receive traditional SSGRIN(Social Skills Group Intervention), but parents will vary in the level of parent treatment. Families will be randomly assigned to one of four treatment conditions(approximately 25% each): (a) Traditional SSGRIN child treatment with no parent involvement (ChO), (b) SSGRIN child treatment plus parent attention control (PAC), (c) SSGRIN child treatment plus Parent Guide-Home-study treatment (PG-HS), or (d) SSGRIN child treatment plus traditional Parent Guide treatment (PG).

Control(ChO); Parent Guide(PG); Parent Guide-Home Study(PG-HS); Parent attention control(PAC)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 12 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Duke University: lead
• National Institutes of Health (NIH): collaborator

Study Sites (2)

3-C Institute for Social Development

Cary, North Carolina, 27513, United States

Location

Duke Child and Family Study Center

Durham, North Carolina, 27705, United States

Location

Related Publications (6)

• DeRosier ME. Building relationships and combating bullying: effectiveness of a school-based social skills group intervention. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2004 Mar;33(1):196-201. doi: 10.1207/S15374424JCCP3301_18.

  PMID: 15028553 BACKGROUND

• DeRosier ME, Marcus SR. Building friendships and combating bullying: effectiveness of S.S.GRIN at one-year follow-up. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2005 Mar;34(1):140-50. doi: 10.1207/s15374424jccp3401_13.

  PMID: 15677288 BACKGROUND

• DeRosier, M.E. & Gilliom, M. (2007). Effectiveness of a parent training program for improving children's social behavior. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 16, 660-670.

  BACKGROUND

• DeRosier, M.E. (1995). Summary of 3-C Program Results with 3rd through 5th graders in the WCPSS.

  BACKGROUND

• DeRosier, M.E. (2002). Group interventions and exercises for enhancing children's communication,cooperation, and confidence. Sarasota, FL: Professional Resources Press.

  BACKGROUND

• DeRosier, M.E. (2006). Social Skills Group Intervention - Parent Guide(S.S.GRIN-PG). Cary, NC: SELmedia,Inc.

  BACKGROUND

Related Links

• 3-C ISD website

Study Officials

• Melissa E DeRosier, Ph.D.

  3-C Institute for Social Development

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Amanda W Harrell, Ph.D.

  3-C Institute for Social Development

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Allan K Chrisman, M.D.

  Duke University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 17, 2012
• First Posted: January 10, 2013
• Study Start: January 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2011
• Study Completion: June 1, 2012
• Last Updated: January 10, 2013

Record last verified: 2013-01

Locations

US (2)