One Talk at a Time: A Racial-ethnic Socialization Intervention for Diverse Families

NCT05454293 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 202064
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 312
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study is a randomized effectiveness trial that tests the online delivery of a video-based intervention (One Talk at a Time (OTAAT)) relative to a control group over a one-year span. Hypotheses include: 1.) The OTAAT intervention will increase parental motivation to engage in racial-ethnic socialization (RES) conversations, their skills and confidence in having these conversations, and the frequency and quality of these conservations; 2.) The OTAAT intervention will increase youth reports of their coping with discrimination, perceived efficacy in coping with discrimination in the future, ethnic-racial identity, and youth mental and academic outcomes; 3.) Greater parental discrimination and youth discrimination will moderate links between OTAAT intervention and parental ethnic-racial motivation + competency as well as youth ethnic-racial identity, coping, and psychosocial outcomes.

Conditions

Depressive Symptoms; Anxiety Disorders and Symptoms; Behavioral Symptoms; Ethnic-Racial Socialization

Keywords

Ethnic-racial socialization; Race; Ethnicity; Discrimination; Diverse families; Cultural socialization; Preparation for bias; Culture; Parent-Child communication

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Parental Motivation (Parent-reported)

  The study will use an adapted version of the Motivation to Change measure (Miller \& Johnson, 2008) to assess parental motivation to engage in racial-ethnic socialization with their children.

  Baseline, 3-month after intervention, 6-months after intervention, and 12-months after intervention

• Parental Skill (Parent-reported)

  The study will use the Racial Socialization Competency Scale (RaSCS; Anderson et al., 2019) to measure parental-perceived skill in delivering racial-ethnic socialization messages

  Baseline, 3-month after intervention, 6-months after intervention, and 12-months after intervention

• Parental Confidence (Parent-reported)

  The study will use a recently developed scale (under review) that assesses how confident parents feel delivering racial-ethnic socialization messages

  Baseline, 3-month after intervention, 6-months after intervention, and 12-months after intervention

• Coping with Discrimination (Youth-reported) Youth Coping with Discrimination

  Youth's use of coping strategies will be measured using the Discrimination Coping Strategies Scale (Umaña-Taylor et al., 2008)

  Baseline, 3-month after intervention, 6-months after intervention, and 12-months after intervention

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• Cultural Socialization Frequency (Parent and youth report)

  Baseline, 3-month after intervention, 6-months after intervention, and 12-months after intervention

• Preparation for Bias Frequency (Parent and youth report)

  Baseline, 3-month after intervention, 6-months after intervention, and 12-months after intervention

• Cultural Socialization Quality

  Baseline, 3-month after intervention, 6-months after intervention, and 12-months after intervention

• Preparation for Bias Quality

  Baseline, 3-month after intervention, 6-months after intervention, and 12-months after intervention

• Youth Self-Esteem (Youth and parent report)

  Baseline, 3-month after intervention, 6-months after intervention, and 12-months after intervention

Other Outcomes (5)

• Youth Academic Motivation (Youth and parent report)

  Baseline, 3-month after intervention, 6-months after intervention, and 12-months after intervention

• Youth Behavioral Symptoms (Youth and parent report)

  Baseline, 3-month after intervention, 6-months after intervention, and 12-months after intervention

• Youth Racial-Ethnic Identity (Youth-report)

  Baseline, 3-month after intervention, 6-months after intervention, and 12-months after intervention

Study Arms (2)

OTAAT

EXPERIMENTAL

This group will receive the One Talk at a Time curriculum.

Other: One Talk at a Time: Race

Parent-Child Communication

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

This group will receive a curriculum focused on tips and strategies for navigating difficult topics with one's children such as current events and dating.

Other: One Talk at a Time: General

Interventions

One Talk at a Time: Race OTHER

This intervention consists of short videos that include didactic modules and social modeling for having conversations with children about race, ethnicity, culture, and discrimination. The total intervention takes approximately 1.5-2 hours to complete online, and parents can move through the videos at their own pace.

OTAAT

One Talk at a Time: General OTHER

This intervention consists of short videos that include modules and handouts with tips for parent-child communication strategies for navigating difficult topics, such as dating and current events.

Parent-Child Communication

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Parent of a child between the ages of 11 and 13
• Parental race/ethnicity either of East Asian, African American, Latinx (Central American) background
• Both parents are from the same pan-ethnic group

You may not qualify if:

• N/A

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of North Carolina, Greensboro: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of North Carolina Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina, 27401, United States

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Depression; Anxiety Disorders; Behavioral Symptoms

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Gabriela Livas Stein, PhD

  University of Texas at Austin

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Stephanie Coard, PhD

  University of North Carolina, Greensboro

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Lisa Kiang, PhD

  Wake Forest University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Gabriela Livas Stein, PhD

CONTACT

(336) 256-0041; glstein@uncg.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 7, 2022
• First Posted: July 12, 2022
• Study Start: August 24, 2022
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2025
• Study Completion: June 30, 2025
• Last Updated: December 12, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)