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NCT Number: NCT00611832

Evaluation of a Video-Based Media Series to Promote Effective Parenting

Researchers are developing and experimentally evaluating two variants of a 10-episode, brief (12 minutes per episode), infotainment-style television series targeted at parenting practices, to determine the potential value of television for bringing evidence-based parenting practices to parents. The study compares an "information-only" version of the television series against an "enhanced" version that is designed to actively promote parents' adoption of the targeted strategies. Both versions of the series are compared against a waitlist control group. The media series is derived from the Triple P Positive Parenting Program.

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Key information

Conditions

Childhood Disruptive Behavior Problems Mental Disorders

Age range

20 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Oregon Research Institute

Eugene, Oregon, 97403, United States

About this study

The mass media, and television in particular, hold significant potential as part of a population-wide strategy for bringing evidence-based parenting practices to a broad range of parents experiencing challenges raising their children. The potential of television for affecting parenting has received very little research attention, however; thus, little is known about how media messages to affect parenting practices might be optimally designed. This study will develop and experimentally evaluate two variants of a 10-episode, brief (12 minutes per episode), infotainment-style television series targeted at parenting practices, derived from the Triple P-Positive Parenting Program (Sanders, 1999). A sample of 300 families of children ages 3-6 years with somewhat elevated disruptive behavior problems will be randomized to (a) receive a standard "information-only" version of the series that includes only modeling and demonstration of target parenting skills, (b) receive an enhanced "behavior activation" version of the series designed to actively promote parental behavior change, through elements addressing attributions, self-efficacy and expectancies, social support, and emotional reactivity, or (c) a waitlist control group. Measures of parents' parenting practices, cognitions, affect, and social support, and children's disruptive behavior problems, will be obtained at baseline, post-intervention, and 6-month follow-up. The relative efficacy of the standard and enhanced versions of the Triple P Media Series in improving these outcomes will be examined, as well as moderators of these effects, such as baseline level of behavior problems and parental stress. This study will further our understanding of the potential value of television programming for improving parenting practices.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • parent(s) living with a child 3 to 6 years old
  • child scores 1 or more standard deviations above the mean on the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory
  • English speaking
  • parent at least 20 years old

Exclusion criteria

  • currently receiving any other structured parenting intervention (home visits, parenting classes, individual parent training, family therapy)
  • father-only households

Treatment and study plan

Triple P Media Series -- Standard "Information-Only" version

Behavioral

10 episodes, 12 minutes per episode, 2 episodes viewed per week for a total of 5 weeks. Demonstrates parenting practices for effectively handling a range of difficult child behaviors.

Triple P Media Series -- Enhanced "Behavior Activation" version

Behavioral

10 episodes, 12 minutes per episode, 2 episodes viewed per week for a total of 5 weeks. Demonstrates parenting practices for effectively handling a range of difficult child behaviors; includes specific content elements designed to promote parents' adoption of the targeted parenting skills

Primary outcomes

  1. Child problem behavior: measured by the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (Eyberg & Ross, 1978), phone interview, and observation coding from a structured lab task procedure

    Time frame: baseline, immediate post, 6-month follow-up

  2. Problematic parenting practices: measured by the Parenting Scale (Arnold et al., 1993), phone interview, and observation coding from a structured lab task procedure

    Time frame: baseline, immediate post, 6-month follow-up

Secondary outcomes

  1. Parent knowledge: Triple P Parenting Quiz

    Time frame: baseline, immediate post, 6-month follow-up

  2. Parental attributions for child misbehavior: Parent's Attributions for Child's Behavior Measure (Pidgeon & Sanders, 2004)

    Time frame: baseline, immediate post, 6-month follow-up

  3. Parental self-efficacy: Problem Behavior and Setting Checklist (Sanders & Wooley, 2005)

    Time frame: baseline, immediate post, 6-month follow-up

  4. Parental stress: Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, Short Form (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995)

    Time frame: baseline, immediate post, 6-month follow-up

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Oregon Research Institute

Other

Collaborators

  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Registry information

Acronym: ParentMedia

Important dates

Study start
2008
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2014
First posted
Feb 11, 2008
Registry last updated
Mar 31, 2014

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