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NCT Number: NCT07569393

Mama Empoderada: Parenting and Mental Health Intervention

This project focuses on the implementation and preliminary evaluation of Mama Empoderada, a brief 12-week group intervention that is based on a parenting program (Mom Power).

The researcher's hypotheses are that:

1. Participants will show high rates of fidelity, acceptability, and satisfaction with the intervention 2. Participants will experience decreases in depression, anxiety, isolation, parenting stress, and parent-child interaction problems from pre- to post-intervention, as well as increases in parenting sense of competence.

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Key information

Conditions

Parenting Behavior Mental Health Personal Satisfaction Psychological Well-Being

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

Location contact

Cecelia Martinez-Torteya, PhD.

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Olivia Oates

CONTACT

[email protected]

248-804-2846

About this study

The study team is from the University of Michigan. The intervention will take place at La Casa Amiga in Pontiac, Michigan.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Identifies as a mother of a child ages 6 or younger;
  • Spanish-speaker;
  • available and interested in participating in an in-person or virtual maternal wellbeing and parenting group intervention at La Casa Amiga. Eligibility criteria will be confirmed by each participant through a brief online screening and a phone call with research staff.

Exclusion criteria

  • Participants who are high risk for suicide based on Columbia Suicide Rating Scale

Treatment and study plan

Mama Empoderada

Behavioral

Mama Empoderada focuses on the five pillars of the original Mom Power intervention, and evidence-based treatment that enhances maternal mental health, parenting, and the mother-child relationship. The pillars are: psychoeducation on attachment-based parenting, supporting mother-child relationships, self-care, enhancing social support, and connection to community resources.

Primary outcomes

  1. Maternal Depression

    Time frame: Baseline, up to 21 days post-intervention

    9 items rated on a 4-point frequency scale (Sum score range = 0 to 27; higher scores indicate more depressive symptoms)

  2. Maternal Anxiety

    Time frame: Baseline, up to 21 days post-intervention

    7 items rated on a 4-point frequency scale (Sum score range = 0 to 21; higher scores indicate more anxiety symptoms)

  3. Maternal Isolation

    Time frame: Baseline, up to 21 days post-intervention

    Assessed using the UCLA-3 Loneliness Scale 3 items rated on a 3-point frequency scale (Sum score range = 1 to 9; higher scores indicate more loneliness)

  4. Maternal Parenting Stress

    Time frame: Baseline, up to 21 days post-intervention

    Assessed using the Parenting Stress Inventory - Short Form- 12-item Parental Distress subscale and 12-item Parent-Child Dysfunctional Interaction subscale, rated on a 5-point agreement scale (Range = 12 - 60; higher scores indicate more distress or dysfunction)

  5. Mother Child Interaction Problems

    Time frame: Baseline, up to 21 days post-intervention

    Assessed using the Parenting Sense of Competence Scale-16 items rated on a 6-point agreement scale (Sum score range = 16 to 96; higher scores indicate higher parenting self-efficacy)

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Olivia Oates

CONTACT

[email protected]

248-804-2846

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Michigan

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Mama Empoderada: A Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Preventative Intervention for Spanish Speaking Mothers and Their Young Children

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
May 6, 2026
Registry last updated
May 6, 2026

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