Investigating a Brief Virtual Seminar Series for Parents of Teens Ages 13-17

NCT06865196 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 2023-1035t
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 185
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to see if a brief positive parenting seminar series delivered virtually helps parents of teenagers ages 13-17 learn additional tools and strategies to support teens' development, encourage good behavior, build confidence and responsibility, and improve how teens connect with others. The study also looks at how these seminars improve parenting practices and teen outcomes. The main questions it aims to answer are whether parents are satisfied with the intervention and find the strategies helpful and acceptable, whether the intervention leads to changes in parenting behaviors (e.g., positive parenting) and teen outcomes (e.g., emotional and behavioral problems), and how removing the group discussion from the seminars impacts parents' ability to improve their parenting skills and their teenager's outcomes. Researchers will compare three groups: parents receiving the seminars with a group discussion, parents receiving the seminars without a group discussion, and parents on a waitlist. This will help determine if group discussions lead to greater improvements in parenting practices and teen outcomes. Participants will attend three online parenting seminars via telehealth (if assigned to a seminar group). They will complete surveys before, during, and after the seminars to share their experiences and provide feedback. Participants in the waitlist group will complete surveys at the beginning and end of the study, and will participate in the seminars after the study period.

Conditions

Positive Parenting Skills

Keywords

Selected Teen Triple P; Parenting Intervention; Telehealth; Positive Parenting

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (11)

• Parent Satisfaction

  Parents assigned to an intervention condition will complete a modified 8-item version of the Parent Satisfaction Survey. Response options ranged from 1 (Poor, No definitely not, or Not at all) to 7 (Excellent, Yes, definitely, or Very much).

  Weekly, through intervention completion, average of 3 weeks.

• Acceptability

  Parents assigned to an intervention condition will complete a modified 9-item version of the Treatment Acceptability Rating Form. Response options range from 1 (Not at all) to 7 (Very much).

  Weekly, through intervention completion, average of 3 weeks.

• Positive Parenting

  All parents will complete the 16-item positive parenting composite measure of the Multidimensional Assessment of Parenting Scale, which is comprised of proactive parenting (6-items), positive reinforcement (4-items), warmth (3-items), and supportiveness (3-items) sub-scales. Response options range from 1 (Never) to 5 (Always) reflecting the frequency with which parents engage in different parenting behaviors.

  Baseline, 2-month, and 4-month follow-up assessments.

• Negative Parenting

  All parents will complete the 18-item negative parenting composite measure of the Multidimensional Assessment of Parenting Scale, which is comprised of hostility (7-items), physical control (4-items), and lax control (7-items) sub-scales. Response options range from 1 (Never) to 5 (Always) reflecting the frequency with which parents engage in different parenting behaviors.

  Baseline, 2-month, and 4-month follow-up assessments.

• Parental Psychological Control

  All parents will complete the 8-item Parent Psychological Control Measure, that is based off the Psychological Control Scale - Youth Self-Report. Response options range from 1 (Never) to 5 (Always) reflecting the frequency with which parents engage in different parenting behaviors.

  Baseline, 2-month, and 4-month follow-up assessments.

• Parental Monitoring

  All parents will complete the 9-item Parental Monitoring Scale and the 15-item Sources of Parental Knowledge scale. Responses range from 1 (No, never) to 5 (Yes, always), reflecting how often parents know information about their teenager's whereabouts and activities, and how they learn this information.

  Baseline, 2-month, and 4-month follow-up assessments.

• Parent-Adolescent Relationship

  All parents will complete the 4-item Involvement and 6-item Connectedness subscales of the Parent Adolescent Relationship Scale. Responses range from 0 (Not at all true) to 5 (Nearly always or always true) and reflect how true each statement was of parents' relationships with their teenager.

  Baseline, 2-month, and 4-month follow-up assessments.

• Parent-Teen Conflict

  All parents will complete a slightly modified version of the Aversive Parent-Child Interactions scale of the Youth Everyday Social Interactions and Mood measure. Responses range from 1 (Not at all) to 5 (A lot), reflecting the frequency with which there was conflict between parents and their teenager.

  Baseline, 2-month, and 4-month follow-up assessments.

• Parental Hope

  All parents will complete the 5-item Hope for Parenting Scale. Response options range from 1 (Definitely False) to 8 (Definitely True) indicating how much they agree or disagree with each item.

  Baseline, Weekly, through intervention completion (average of 3 weeks), 2-month, and 4-month follow-up assessments.

• Parental Self-Efficacy

  All parents will complete the 5-item Brief Parental Self-Efficacy Scale. Response options range from 1 (Strongly Disagree) to 5 (Strongly Agree), indicating how much they agree with each statement.

  Baseline, Weekly, through intervention completion (average of 3 weeks), 2-month, and 4-month follow-up assessments.

• Global Satisfaction

  Parents assigned to an intervention condition also completed the 8-item Client Satisfaction Questionnaire. Response options ranged from 1 (None of my needs have been met, Quite dissatisfied) to 4 (Almost all of my needs have been met, Very satisfied).

  2-month follow-up.

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Adolescent Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties

  Baseline, 2-month, and 4-month follow-up assessments.

• Adolescent Emotion Dysregulation

  Baseline, 2-month, and 4-month follow-up assessments.

• Adolescent Emotion Regulation

  Baseline, 2-month, and 4-month follow-up assessments.

Study Arms (3)

Intervention-as-usual

EXPERIMENTAL

90-minute positive parenting seminars with active discussion component

Behavioral: Positive Parenting Seminar Series

Intervention without an active discussion component

EXPERIMENTAL

60-minute positive parenting seminars without an active discussion component

Behavioral: Positive Parenting Seminar Series

Waitlist Control

NO INTERVENTION

Assessment-only waitlist control condition

Interventions

Positive Parenting Seminar Series BEHAVIORAL

Selected Teen Triple P Positive Parenting Seminar Series Delivered Through Telehealth

Also known as: Selected Teen Triple P

Intervention without an active discussion component; Intervention-as-usual

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Parent must reside in the State of Texas
• Parent has to have at least one child ages 13-17 years
• Teenager has to live with parent at least one night every 2 weeks

You may not qualify if:

• Parent does not have sufficient English proficiency to understand seminar content and complete study-related surveys
• Parent does not have access to the internet and/or can not attend seminars using the Zoom platform
• Teenager is currently participating in mental health services
• Teenager began taking psychiatric medication within 1 month of the study
• Parent is currently participating in mental health services

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Texas Tech University: lead
• American Psychological Foundation: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas, 79424, United States

Location

Study Officials

• John L. Cooley, Ph.D.

  University of Florida

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Caroline Cummings, Ph.D.

  Texas Tech University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Model Details: Three study conditions compared: intervention-as-usual, intervention without an active discussion component, and waitlist control

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 6, 2025
• First Posted: March 7, 2025
• Study Start: October 17, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): July 14, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): July 14, 2026
• Last Updated: March 27, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-03

Locations

US (1)