Holding a Foster Child's Mind in Mind
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interventional
175
1 country
1
Brief Summary
The aim of this study is to examine the effects of Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT) for foster families in Denmark on child mental health and well-being, parental stress, mental health, and reflective function, parental mind-mindedness and the parent-child relationship.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Aug 2022
Typical duration for not_applicable
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
December 16, 2021
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
January 19, 2022
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
August 1, 2022
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
November 12, 2024
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
May 31, 2025
CompletedNovember 13, 2024
November 1, 2024
2.3 years
December 16, 2021
November 12, 2024
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Child mental health
The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) measures behavioral and emotional problems in children and adolescents. The CBCL consists of 113 questions, scored on a three-point Likert scale (0=absent, 1= occurs sometimes, 2=occurs often). The CBCL is completed by foster parents for all children in the trial, and the Youth Self-Report (YSR) is completed by the foster children or adolescents aged 11 and above. The CBCL is widely used and has proven to be a useful tool for detecting psychopathology in children and shows good results regarding both validity and reliability
post-intervention (16 weeks)
Secondary Outcomes (15)
Child Mental health
Follow-up (6 months post-intervention)
Child well-being
post-intervention (16 weeks)
Child well-being
follow-up (6 months post-intervention)
Parental reflective function
post-intervention (16 weeks)
Parental reflective function
follow-up (6 months post-intervention)
- +10 more secondary outcomes
Study Arms (2)
Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT)
EXPERIMENTALMBT for foster carers is a 12 session therapeutic intervention that will be offered to foster families by municipal foster care consultants
Usual care
ACTIVE COMPARATORthe control group will receive the usual care offered to foster families such as supervision
Interventions
The focus is on improving the core components of secure attachment, particularly by developing the reflective functioning for all professionals working with children in out-of-home care, which is subsequently proposed to increase the psychosocial adjustment of the child and decrease emotional and behavioral problems. MBT treatment consists of up to 12 weekly sessions with the foster parents and child covering three core components: 1) psycho-education about mentalizing, trauma, and attachment for foster parents; 2) support for reflective practice in the professional network, and 3) mentalization-based therapy for the foster family \[41\].
The control group will receive the usual care offered to foster families such as supervision
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Any kind of foster family (including professional and kinship care) with at least one full-time foster child aged 4-17 years.
- Elevated child symptoms as measured by X scales and
- An expressed need for support from either the foster parents or the foster child.
You may not qualify if:
- Foster families in which there are no reported difficulties and concerns regarding the child or the placement.
- Foster families in which the child was placed with the family within the last X months
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- VIVE - The Danish Center for Social Science Researchlead
- University of Copenhagencollaborator
- University College Copenhagencollaborator
- Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Familiescollaborator
Study Sites (1)
VIVE - The Danish Centre of Social Science Research
Copenhagen, 1052, Denmark
Related Publications (1)
Dalgaard NT, Villumsen AMA, Sorensen KM, Midgley N, Vaever MS, Almlund M, Pontoppidan M. Holding a foster child's mind in mind: study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial of mentalization-based therapy (MBT) for foster families. BMC Psychol. 2023 Mar 7;11(1):62. doi: 10.1186/s40359-023-01103-8.
PMID: 36879301DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Maiken Pontoppidan, PhD
VIVE
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Masking Details
- Outcomes assessor will be blinded for allocation when coding story stem and video outcomes
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
December 16, 2021
First Posted
January 19, 2022
Study Start
August 1, 2022
Primary Completion
November 12, 2024
Study Completion
May 31, 2025
Last Updated
November 13, 2024
Record last verified: 2024-11
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share
The datasets generated and analyzed during the study are not publicly available to protect participant privacy but are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.