The Effective Parenting Program (EPP)

NCT05135507 | Withdrawn

• 1 other identifier: EPPPhaseI
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: N/A
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The Phase I objective is to determine the feasibility of the EPP program by examining user responses to the first three units of EPP's nine interactive training modules. This feasibility evaluation will track and analyze individual program usage and examine changes in parents' psychological flexibility, parents' stress, parenting self-efficacy, parents' mindfulness and child behavior in a within subject pretest and posttest design with 50 parents of children who have DD. Qualifying parents will complete a baseline assessment and then be directed to our online learning platform to complete the interactive learning activities. This test of the Phase I prototype is intended to approximate the conditions under which the complete product will be marketed and used.

Conditions

Parent-Child Relations

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Acceptance and Action Questionnaire II (AAQ-II)

  Measures the extent to which individuals were able to experience upsetting or difficult thoughts, feelings and emotions without trying to suppress or avoid them and to take valued action, even in the midst of difficult internal experiences.It is comprised of 7 items rating scale with 1=never true and 7= always true

  Change from baseline acceptance at five weeks post

• Parental Stress Scale

  The PSS consists of 18 items that measure the levels of stress parents experience as a result of having children. Parents respond by indicating the extent that they agree or disagree with each statement on a 5 point scale.5 point scale; strongly disagree, disagree, undecided, agree, strongly agree

  Change from baseline parental stress at five weeks post

• Child Adjustment and Parent Efficacy Scale(CAPES)

  the CAPES consists of a 30-item intensity scale with two subscales measuring child behavior problems, child prosocial behavior and emotional maladjustment and a 20-item self-efficacy scale assessing parents parent's self-efficacy in handling specific child problem behaviors.4 point rating scale with 0=not at all and 3=very much

  Change from baseline child adjustment and parental self-efficacy at five weeks post

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS)

  Change in attention and awareness from Baseline at five weeks post

• Parent Social Validity Questionnaire (PSVQ)

  five weeks post

Study Arms (1)

An interactive stress reduction and behavioral parent training program

EXPERIMENTAL

This feasibility evaluation will track and analyze individual program usage and examine changes in parents' psychological flexibility, parents' stress, parenting self-efficacy, parents' mindfulness and child behavior in a within subject pretest and posttest design with 50 parents of children who have DD

Behavioral: An integrated parenting intervention for families of children with developmental disabilities

Interventions

An integrated parenting intervention for families of children with developmental disabilities BEHAVIORAL

Deliver three training modules to parent and track program usage, psychological flexibility, parents' stress, parents mindfulness, and child behavior

An interactive stress reduction and behavioral parent training program

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Parents of children with developmental disabilities having a child with Developmental Disabilities who lives at home (50% of parents will have a child with autism and 50% will have a child with intellectual disabilities,
• Must have access to a phone that can receive text messages and an Internet connection,
• Stress levels being elevated (i.e., greater than .5 standard deviations above the normative data mean score) on a 12 item Parental distress sub scale of the Parenting Stress Index- short form.

You may not qualify if:

• Parents of children without a developmental disability

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Double S Instructonal Systems: lead

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: INDUSTRY
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Within subject pre and posttest design

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 28, 2021
• First Posted: November 26, 2021
• Study Start: September 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2021
• Study Completion: December 1, 2022
• Last Updated: November 26, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-11