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NCT Number: NCT06285552

Evaluation of the Comprehensive Family Support Program (PAIF)

The goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of positive parenting programs targeted to parents of toddlers, children and adolescents carried out in Cantabria (Spain).

We will collect information from the participants before the intervention, in the last session of the program and some months after, to verify if there have been some changes in the family dynamics of these parents, and if these changes continue after some time. Besides, we will compare these results with information from other families that are not taking part in the program. The main caregivers of the participating families and the practitioners in charge of the intervention will provide the information for the study.

We expect that families participating in the programs will improve their parenting competencies and their family dynamics, and that these change will stay after the program.

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Key information

Conditions

Parenting

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Consejería de Inclusión Social, Juventud, Familias E Igualdad

Santander, Cantabria, 39004, Spain

About this study

A quasi-experimental design will be followed, with three evaluation moments (pretest, posttest and follow-up) and with a non-randomized comparison group.

The positive parenting programs will be advertised by social media, schools and high schools. The participants will be parental figures interested in joining these programs.

The participants will answer a series of questionnaires by an app, where they will give information related to sociodemographic data and parenting competencies. The app will not allow the participants to leave any question with no answer or with an incorrect answer.

To analyze the data, we will use the softwares Mplus and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Being caregiver of at least one child under 18 years of age
  • The child to be in the developmental stage appropriate for the corresponding arm
  • If participating in a targeted program, meet the requirements: (1) be a father; (2) presenting bad health habits in the family according the evaluation of the pediatrician
  • Motivated to improve parenting competences

Exclusion criteria

  • Not having sufficient command of the Spanish language to be able to communicate
  • Experience family crisis that prevent for participating in a group intervention
  • Experience mental health issue that prevent for participating in a group intervention

Treatment and study plan

Positive parenting PAIF program

Behavioral

Psychoeducational intervention in a group format driven by a practitioner with 6 to 12 sessions where caregivers learn parenting competences

Primary outcomes

  1. Perception of the parental role

    Time frame: Pretest, immediately posttest and 6 month follow-up

    Me as a Parent Scale (MaaP), rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 5. Higher scores mean a better outcome.

  2. Parenting practices (Authoritative parenting style: Warmth and Support, Reasoning/Induction, Democratic Participation)

    Time frame: Pretest, immediately posttest and 6 month follow-up

    Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire - Short version (PSDQ-Short version), rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 5. Higher scores mean a better outcome.

  3. Parenting practices (Overreactivity and Laxness)

    Time frame: Pretest, immediately posttest and 6 month follow-up

    Parenting Scale - Short version (PS), rated on a 7-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 7. Higher scores mean a worse outcome.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Satisfaction with the intervention

    Time frame: Immediately Posttest

    Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-4), rated on a 4-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 4. Higher scores mean a better outcome.

  2. Children adjustment

    Time frame: Pretest, immediately posttest and 6 month follow-up

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

  3. Social support

    Time frame: Pretest, immediately posttest and 6 month follow-up

    Ad hoc questionnaire, with 3 items rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 = Nothing to 4 = A lot ("I feel supported as a father/mother). Higher scores mean a better outcome.

  4. Satisfaction with Family Life

    Time frame: Pretest, posttest and follow-up

    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.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Seville

Other

Collaborators

  • Gobierno de Cantabria
  • Loyola University
  • University of Jaen

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Feb 29, 2024
Registry last updated
May 4, 2026

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