Evaluation of the Parental Support Intervention For Our Children's Sake in Prisons in Sweden

NCT04101799 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2019-04227
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 91
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Evaluation of the effects of the parental support intervention "For our children's sake" on positive parenting outcomes when conducted with incarcerated parents in prisons in Sweden.

Conditions

Parenting; Parent-Child Relations

Keywords

Prison; Criminality; Child

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• 7-items sub-scale Closeness in the Child Parent Relationship Scale

  Parent-reported quality in relationship between parent and child on a 5-point scale ('complete agree' to 'completely disagree')

  Positive change in mean score of all 7 items between baseline (pre-intervention) and end of intervention, after 10 weeks. Measurements will also be conducted at mid-intervention to investigate mediated effects, and a 3-month post intervention follow-up.

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Contact frequency and type between parent and child

  Change in mean score of items between baseline (pre-intervention) and end of intervention, after 10 weeks. Measurements will also be conducted at a 3-month post intervention follow-up.

• Eight items chosen from the sub-scale antisocial intent in the Measures of Criminal Attitudes and Associates scale

  Change in mean score of items between baseline (pre-intervention) and end of intervention, after 10 weeks. Measurements will also be conducted at a 3-month post intervention follow-up.

• Parent interest in other treatment programmes in prison

  Change in item score between baseline (pre-intervention) and end of intervention, after 10 weeks. Measurements will also be conducted at a 3-month post intervention follow-up.

Other Outcomes (2)

• 14 item parenting attitude from the The Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory (AAPI-2)

  Change in mean score of items between baseline (pre-intervention) and end of intervention, after 10 weeks. Measurements will also be conducted at mid-intervention to investigate mediated effects, and a 3-month post intervention follow-up.

• 6 items parental self-efficacy scale

  Change in mean score of items between baseline (pre-intervention) and end of intervention, after 10 weeks. Measurements will also be conducted at mid-intervention to investigate mediated effects, and a 3-month post intervention follow-up.

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Participating in the For our children's sake intervention, 10 group sessions, 2 hours each

Behavioral: For Our Children's Sake

Control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participating in everyday activities that may include parenting activities in the control prisons

Other: Active control

Interventions

For Our Children's Sake BEHAVIORAL

Parental support with the aim to support positive parenting and promote healthy child development. Conducted in group-format with weekly 2.hour sessions conducted by trained group leaders according to a programme manual.

Intervention

Active control OTHER

Participating in everyday activities that may include parenting activities in the control prisons

Control

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Serving a sentence at any of the included prisons
• Having at least one child in the ages between 0-18 years. Parents of children aged 0-2 and 13-18 years will not be included in the primary outcome measure, as the measure is not developed for these age groups. These parents will be included in the mediator measurements.
• Are in contact with their child/children in any form. If not, these parents are included in the mediator measurements, as the primary outcome: relationship quality, is not applicable.
• Having the legal right to contact the child
• Not committed either a crime against the child or any violent crime against the other parent

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Karolinska Institutet: lead
• The Solstickan Foundation, The Sven Jerring Foundation: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Karolinska Institutet

Stockholm, Sweden

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Norman A, Enebrink P. Effects of a parental support intervention for parents in prison on child-parent relationship and criminal attitude-The For Our Children's Sake pragmatic controlled study. PLoS One. 2023 Mar 23;18(3):e0283177. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283177. eCollection 2023.

  PMID: 36952468 DERIVED

• Norman A, Enebrink P. Evaluation of the For Our Children's Sake intervention, parental support in prison to influence positive parenting: study protocol for a controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2020 Jun 7;10(6):e034834. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034834.

  PMID: 32513881 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Criminal Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Åsa Norman, PhD

  Karolinska Institutet

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: Controlled trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 20, 2019
• First Posted: September 24, 2019
• Study Start: September 21, 2019
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2020
• Study Completion: June 30, 2020
• Last Updated: September 23, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL
• Time Frame: After article publication
• Access Criteria: Data cannot be shared publicly because of ethical reasons, where public availability would compromise participant privacy. Data are available from the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute (contact via registrator@cns.ki.se) for researchers who meet the criteria for access to confidential data.

Locations

SE (1)