Evaluation of the Family Intervention Program (PIF)

NCT07106775 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: PRJ202304792
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of home positive parenting programs targeted to families at psychosocial risk carried out in Cantabria (Spain). The investigators will collect information before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years). Besides, the investigators will compare these results with information from other families that are not taking part in the program. Depending on the case, the practitioners in charge of the intervention, the main caregivers of the participating families and/or the adolescents will provide the information for the study. The investigators expect that families participating in the programs will improve their parenting competencies, their family dynamics, and the life quality of their children.

Conditions

Parenting; Children/Adolescent Adjustment; Family Functioning

Keywords

Positive parenting; Parenting competences; Program evaluation; Family functioning; Parenting practices; Effectiveness; Home program

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (9)

• Family functioning

  SCORE rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 5. Higher scores mean a better outcome.

  Before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)

• Children's quality of life

  KIDSCREEN-10 rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 5. Higher scores mean a better outcome.

  Before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)

• Satisfaction with Family Life

  Satisfaction with Family Life Scale (SWFLS), rated on a 7-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 7. Higher scores mean a better outcome.

  Before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)

• Emotional intelligence

  The Emotional Quotient Inventory: Youth Version (EQ-i:YV) rated on a 4-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 4. Higher scores mean a better outcome.

  Before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)

• Indicators of social integration of the family

  This ad hoc instrument rated on a 4-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 4. Higher scores mean a better outcome.

  Before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)

• Children adjustment

  The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) rated on a 3-point Likert-type scale ranging from 0 to 2. Higher scores mean a better outcome.

  Before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)

• School adjustment indicators

  This ad hoc instrument rated on a 4-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 4. Higher scores mean a better outcome.

  Before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)

• Parental Competencies

  The Parenting Competencies Assessment Interview (ECP - 12) rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 5. Higher scores mean a better outcome.

  Before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)

• Autonomy and life skills

  The Life Skills Inventory (LSI) rated on a 2-point Likert-type scale ranging from 0 to 1. Higher scores mean a better outcome.

  Before the intervention, and every six months until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Expectations about the intervention

  Before the intervention

• Perceived change after the intervention

  Every six months from the start of the intervention until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)

• Satisfaction with the intervention

  Every six months from the start of the intervention until the family achieves the proposed objectives (with a maximum intervention period of two years)

Study Arms (2)

Families receiving intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Families who are participating in the home program

Behavioral: Family Intervention Program (PIF)

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

Families who are not participating in the program and live in a comparable area where any of the intervention is offered

Interventions

Family Intervention Program (PIF) BEHAVIORAL

Home psychoeducational intervention in an individual format driven by a practitioner where caregivers learn parenting competences and children learn autonomy and emotional regulation skills

Families receiving intervention

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Being a psychosocial at-risk family with at least one child under 18 years of age
• Living in the territory that corresponds to that social services center

You may not qualify if:

• Experience family crisis that prevent for participating in the home intervention
• Experience mental health issue that prevent for participating in the home intervention
• High level of psychosolcial risk

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Seville: lead
• Gobierno de Cantabria: collaborator
• Loyola University: collaborator
• University of Jaen: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Consejería de Inclusión Social, Juventud, Familias E Igualdad

Santander, Cantabria, 39004, Spain

RECRUITING

Related Publications (7)

• Ugarriza Chávez, N., y Pajares Del Águila, L. (2005). La evaluación de la inteligencia emocional a través del inventario de BarOn ICE: NA, en una muestra de niños y adolescentes. Persona, 8, 11-58. https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=147112816001

  BACKGROUND

• Bar-On, R. (1997a). Development of the Baron EQ-I: A measure of emotional and social intelligence. 105th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association in Chicago.

  BACKGROUND

• Larsen DL, Attkisson CC, Hargreaves WA, Nguyen TD. Assessment of client/patient satisfaction: development of a general scale. Eval Program Plann. 1979;2(3):197-207. doi: 10.1016/0149-7189(79)90094-6. No abstract available.

  PMID: 10245370 BACKGROUND

• Diener E, Emmons RA, Larsen RJ, Griffin S. The Satisfaction With Life Scale. J Pers Assess. 1985 Feb;49(1):71-5. doi: 10.1207/s15327752jpa4901_13.

  PMID: 16367493 BACKGROUND

• Zabriskie, R. y McCormick, B. (2003). Parent and child perspectives of family leisure involvement and satisfaction with family life. Journal of Leisure Research, 35, 163-189. doi: 10.1080/00222216.2003.11949989

  BACKGROUND

• Stratton, P., Bland, J., Janes, E. y Lask, J. (2010). Developing a practicable outcome measure for systemic family therapy: The SCORE. Journal of Family Therapy, 32, 232-258. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6427.2010.00507.x

  BACKGROUND

• European Kidscreen Groupe (2006). The KIDSCREEN questionnaires. Quality of life questionnaires for children and adolescents. Pabst Science Publ.

  BACKGROUND

Related Links

• Report on the actions carried out for the advice and evaluation of the actions of the education and family intervention programs and services of the public social services of Cantabria
• Family Intervention Program (PIF): Technical manual for its implementation and evaluation

Central Study Contacts

Victoria Hidalgo García

CONTACT

0034954554332; victoria@us.es

Javier Pérez Padilla

CONTACT

0034601373627; jppadill@ujaen.es

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: The participants will be assigned to the manualized program according to the inclusion criteria. The comparison group will be composed of families in areas where the intervention is not available but with similar sociodemographic characteristics.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 21, 2025
• First Posted: August 6, 2025
• Study Start: January 15, 2025
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2026
• Study Completion: May 1, 2026
• Last Updated: August 14, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

ES (1)