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NCT Number: NCT05214898

Improving Father-Child and Father-Partner Relationships Among Black and Hispanic Fathers

Fathers play a unique role in the lives of children, with high quality interactions found to improve a child's executive functioning and general school achievement. Father involvement also has positive impacts on fathers themselves, with more involved fathers reporting more self-confidence in their parenting, more satisfaction with parenting, demonstration of more maturity, and reports of less psychosocial distress. However, poverty can have a negative association with fathers parenting and child outcomes, though paternal warmth can mediate this relationship. Children's Institute Inc will recruit and implement the 24/7 Dad program which is designed to provide a comprehensive evidenced-based fatherhood program that builds and strengthens father-child relationships. The curriculum for the primary workshops will be the 24/7 Dad curriculum, which addresses both the responsible parenting and healthy relationship areas in this project. A quasi-experimental interrupted time series (ITS) design allows for a continuous sequence of observations on a population, taken repeatedly over time.

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Key information

Conditions

Parent-Child Relations Parenting Partner Communication

Age range

18 year–60 year

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Observational

Primary location

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California, 90041, United States

About this study

Fathers play a unique role in the lives of children, with high quality interactions found to improve a child's executive functioning and general school achievement. Father involvement also has positive impacts on fathers themselves, with more involved fathers reporting more self-confidence in their parenting, more satisfaction with parenting, demonstration of more maturity, and reports of less psychosocial distress. However, poverty can have a negative association with fathers parenting and child outcomes, though paternal warmth can mediate this relationship. Children's Institute Inc will recruit and implement the 24/7 Dad program which is designed to provide a comprehensive evidenced-based fatherhood program that builds and strengthens father-child relationships. The curriculum for the primary workshops will be the 24/7 Dad curriculum, which addresses both the responsible parenting and healthy relationship areas in this project. The study will use a quasi-experimental interrupted time series (ITS) design that allows for a continuous sequence of observations on a population, taken repeatedly over time. Study aims include: (1) Does the 24/7 Dad intervention influence the behaviors of fathers of young children?; (2) Do fathers who participated in the 24/7 Dad intervention and additional post-intervention support (MIRG and/or financial literacy and job support activities) have better outcomes than those who complete 24/7 Dad only?; (3) Does trauma history and/or current mental wellbeing mediate the relationship between the 24/7 Dad intervention and father engagement, father-child relationships, and co-parenting relationships?; and (4) Does perceived discrimination influence successful outcomes of 24/7 Dad intervention participants? To test the hypotheses of Aim 1 and Aim 2, a generalized linear mixed model will be fitted to the outcome variable individually, specified for corresponding distribution. For Aim 3, investigators will use path models, special cases of structural equation modeling (SEM) with observable variables only, to test the multiple hypothesized mediating pathway.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Male
  • Age 18 years or older
  • Have a child under the age of 24 years
  • Speak English or Spanish

Exclusion criteria

  • Unable to speak English or Spanish

Treatment and study plan

24/7 Dad

Behavioral

The 24/7 Dad curriculum is an evidence-based, skills driven curriculum (12 group sessions). The following topics are included: Family History, What it Means to Be a Man, Showing and Handling Feelings, Men's Health, Communication, The Father's Role, Discipline, Children's Growth, Getting Involved, Working with & Co-Parenting, Dads and Work, and the "My 24/7Dad Checklist". Healthy Relationship topics include: Communication Skills, including expression, discussion, and negotiation skills; Conflict Resolution and Anger Management; Problem-Solving; and Knowledge of the Benefits of Marriage. Responsible Parenting areas of focus include: children's growth/development; non-violent discipline; co-parenting; building conflict resolutions skills (for the child and the family); and, enhancing family relationships.

Primary outcomes

  1. Father Engagement with Child

    Time frame: 3 months

    Father Engagement Scale (Dyer et al. 2018). 10-item questionnaire measuring interactions between fathers and children

Secondary outcomes

  1. Relationship Conflict

    Time frame: 3 months

    Continuum of Conflict and Control Relationship Scale (Carlson et al., 2017). 20-item scale that identifies variance in relationship IPV, relationship distress, and individual distress

  2. Father-Child Relationship

    Time frame: 3 month

    Child-Parent Relationship Scale - Short Form (Driscoll & Pianta, 2011). 15-item measure of conflict and closeness between fathers and children.

  3. Father Relationship with Co-Parent

    Time frame: 3 months

    Co-Parenting relationship scale (Dyer, Fagan, Kaufman, Pearson, & Cabrera, 2015). 11-item scale aimed at describing the way the father and mother work together as co-parents

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Southern California

Other

Collaborators

  • Children's Bureau - Administration for Children and Families
  • The Children's Institute

Registry information

Official study title

Improving Father-Child and Father-Partner Relationships Through the Evaluation of the 24/7 Dads Intervention With Black and Hispanic Fathers

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Jan 31, 2022
Registry last updated
Jun 5, 2025

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