Parent Web - Support for Families With Young People

NCT06533735 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: FoUI-993293
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 254
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

To test an online parent training program. Relative to a randomized wait-list control group, those in the Parent Web (PW) will show benefits on well-being, parenting, stress, youth mental health.

Conditions

Family Conflict; Family Relations; Family Dysfunction

Keywords

parent training; universal; youth externalizing problems; family conflict; warmth in families

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Change from baseline in parent rating of child's emotional problems, conduct problems, hyperactivity, peer problems and prosocial behavior

  Change from baseline up to 10 months later (immediate intervention group, two time points) and up to 20 months later (wait-list comparison group, three time points) in parent rating of their child's emotional problems, conduct problems, hyperactivity, peer problems and prosocial behavior as indexed by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). The SDQ consists of 25 items rated on a 3-point Likert scale with response options that range from 0 = not true, 1 = somewhat true, 2 = certainly true. Higher scores indicate a worse outcome on the emotional problems, conduct problems, hyperactivity, peer problems scale scores. Higher scores on the prosocial behavior scale indicate a better outcome.

  [Time Frame: Immediate PW group pretest in Fall/Winter 2024. Post test up to 10 months after pretest. Wait-list group pretest in Fall/Winter 2024. Post test 1 up to 10 months after pretest. Post test 2 for wait-list up to 10 months after post test 1]

• Change from baseline in parent rated view of their child's behavioral problems/defiant behavior

  Change from baseline up to 10 months later (immediate intervention group, two time points) and up to 20 months later (wait-list comparison group, three time points) in parent view of their child's behavioral problems/defiant behavior as measured by the Oppositional Defiant Scale of the Disruptive Disorder Rating Scale (DBD) which consists of 7 items rated on a 4-point scale ranging from 1 (not at all) to 4 (very much). Higher scores indicate a worse outcome.

  [Time Frame: Immediate PW group pretest in Fall/Winter 2024. Post test up to 10 months after pretest. Wait-list group pretest in Fall/Winter 2024. Post test 1 up to 10 months after pretest. Post test 2 for wait-list up to 10 months after post test 1]

• Change from baseline in parent rated family warmth and conflict

  Change from baseline up to 10 months later (immediate intervention group, two time points) and up to 20 months later (wait-list comparison group, three time points) in parent rated warmth and conflict. Warmth and conflict are indexed by eight items rated on a five-point scale from 1 (never) to 5 (more than 7 times). Five items measure parent-child warmth and three items measure parent-child conflicts. Higher scores on parental warmth scale indicate a better outcome. Higher scores on the parent-child conflicts scale score indicate a worse outcome.

  [Time Frame: Immediate PW group pretest in Fall/Winter 2024. Post test up to 10 months after pretest. Wait-list group pretest in Fall/Winter 2024. Post test 1 up to 10 months after pretest. Post test 2 for wait-list up to 10 months after post test 1]

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Change from baseline in parent rated encouragement of positive behaviors, setting limits, and proactive parenting behaviors

  [Time Frame: Immediate PW group pretest in Fall/Winter 2024. Post test up to 10 months after pretest. Wait-list group pretest in Fall/Winter 2024. Post test 1 up to 10 months after pretest. Post test 2 for wait-list up to 10 months after post test 1]

• Change from baseline in parent rated stress

  [Time Frame: Immediate PW group pretest in Fall/Winter 2024. Post test up to 10 months after pretest. Wait-list group pretest in Fall/Winter 2024. Post test 1 up to 10 months after pretest. Post test 2 for wait-list up to 10 months after post test 1]

• Change from baseline in parent rated health

  [Time Frame: Immediate PW group pretest in Fall/Winter 2024. Post test up to 10 months after pretest. Wait-list group pretest in Fall/Winter 2024. Post test 1 up to 10 months after pretest. Post test 2 for wait-list up to 10 months after post test 1]

• Change from baseline in parent rated parents validation of their child's emotions when expressed

  [Time Frame: Immediate PW group pretest in Fall/Winter 2024. Post test up to 10 months after pretest. Wait-list group pretest in Fall/Winter 2024. Post test 1 up to 10 months after pretest. Post test 2 for wait-list up to 10 months after post test 1]

Study Arms (2)

Experimental: Immediate Intervention Group

EXPERIMENTAL

The immediate intervention group will take part in the online parent training program called the Parent Web (PW), with pre and post testing (before and after intervention).

Behavioral: Parent Web

Wait-List Control Group

OTHER

This is a group of parents who are in a wait-list control group and will receive the Parent Web, after pre and post testing.

Behavioral: Parent Web

Interventions

Parent Web BEHAVIORAL

Parent-Web (PW) is internet delivered and rooted in social learning and coercion theory, PW supports parenting practices and parent-child interactions encouraging prosocial behavior and emotion regulation, reduce coercive parenting, improve communication, problem solving, and warmth. PW has a universal and selective edition. Universal PW has 5 basic modules (1 module per week, 6-8 weeks) and bonus modules. Basic modules contain information, exercises, and videos of actors showing parenting practices. A family guide supports parents through modules.

Experimental: Immediate Intervention Group; Wait-List Control Group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Participants have to be parents and/or legal guardians of at least one 11 to 13 year old child.
• Participants must live in Region Stockholm.
• \. The target child (the 11 to 13-year-old) is presently receiving mental health treatment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Stockholm University: lead
• Karolinska Institutet: collaborator
• Region Stockholm: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Stockholm University

Stockholm, SE-106 91, Sweden

Location

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Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Masking Details: No masking
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor of Psychology

Model Details: This is a randomized controlled experiment (RCT) with a wait-list control group

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 30, 2024
• First Posted: August 1, 2024
• Study Start: November 14, 2024
• Primary Completion: April 29, 2025
• Study Completion: April 29, 2025
• Last Updated: April 24, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

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