A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Efficacy of the Lighthouse Parenting Programme in Addressing Parenting Difficulties in China

NCT06858059 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 2024-KY-317-03
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 56
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The study will be conducted in three phases: assessments, group intervention and individual intervention. All participants will engage in the full program over a period of five weeks, divided into ten sessions. The 5 group interventions will occur once a week for 1.5 hours. During this time, the psychotherapist will disseminate psychological knowledge and skills pertinent to parenting, after which the group members will engage in practice exercises and discourse. Subsequently, one individual session will be conducted each week for one hour. The test group (Group A) will be assessed once at recruitment and after the last individual session. The control group (Group B) will undergo the same intervention as the test group after the test group completes the intervention and posttest, and will be assessed one additional time for pre-intervention status.

Conditions

Parenting Intervention

Keywords

Parenting Intervention

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Parenting stress

  The Parenting Stress Index/Short Form (PSI/SF; Abidin, 1986) is employed to assess parenting stress.

  From enrollment to the end of treatment at 5 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Parental mentalising

  From enrollment to the end of treatment at 5 weeks

• Quality of the parent-child relationship

  From enrollment to the end of treatment at 5 weeks

• parenting efficacy

  From enrollment to the end of treatment at 5 weeks

Study Arms (2)

The test group (Group A)

EXPERIMENTAL

The experimental group will be conducted in the form of assessments, group intervention and individual intervention . All participants will take part in full treatment over a period of five weeks. Each week, participants will engage in one group session lasting approximately 90 minutes and one individual session lasting approximately 60 minutes. A assessment will be conducted at the time of recruitment and following the final individual session.

Other: psychological intervention

The control group (Group B)

NO INTERVENTION

The control group will undergo the same intervention as the test group after the test group completes the intervention and posttest, and will be assessed one additional time for pre-intervention status.

Interventions

psychological intervention OTHER

All participants of the lighthouse parenting programme will engage in the full program over a period of five weeks, divided into ten sessions. The 5 group interventions will occur once a week for 1.5 hours. During this time, the psychotherapist will disseminate psychological knowledge and skills pertinent to parenting, after which the group members will engage in practice exercises and discourse. Subsequently, one individual session will be conducted each week for one hour.

The test group (Group A)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: Up to 70 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Parents with children aged 2-14 years who exhibited parenting that were identified as being problematic (Parenting Stress Indicator PSI ≥ 86 (critical high level)).

You may not qualify if:

• Parents in the family with either parent and child who have a serious medical condition (e.g., cancer, heart disease, etc.), an acute psychotic episode, or difficulty engaging in group interventions may be excluded from participation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Zhujiang Hospital: lead

Related Publications (1)

• Volkert J, Georg A, Hauschild S, Herpertz SC, Neukel C, Byrne G, Taubner S. [Strengthening Attachment Competencies in Parents with Mental Illness: Adaptation and Pilot Testing of the Mentalization-Based Lighthouse Parenting Program]. Prax Kinderpsychol Kinderpsychiatr. 2019 Jan;68(1):27-42. doi: 10.13109/prkk.2019.68.1.27. German.

  PMID: 30628875 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Psychosocial Intervention

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Psychotherapy; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities

Central Study Contacts

Ruoshi Hu

CONTACT

86-020-62782132; mhrs_02@163.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 17, 2024
• First Posted: March 5, 2025
• Study Start: March 10, 2025
• Primary Completion: March 10, 2025
• Study Completion: December 13, 2025
• Last Updated: March 5, 2025

Record last verified: 2024-12