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NCT Number: NCT02409992

Parent Training and Emotion Coaching for Children With Limited Prosocial Emotions

The proposed research will focus on the development of a brief emotion-coaching (EC) parenting program (which directly targets child emotion awareness/recognition and affective empathy), that will be combined with a well-established parent management training program (Helping the Noncompliant Child; HNC) for treating oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) in children who also have limited prosocial emotions (e.g., lack of guilt and empathy, callous use of others).

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Key information

Conditions

Oppositional Defiant Disorder Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders Mental Disorders Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Age range

3 year–7 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Washington

Seattle, Washington, 98195, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Child with oppositional defiant disorder and low prosocial emotions

Exclusion criteria

  • Unable to speak/understand English
  • Significant developmental delay or autism spectrum disorder

Treatment and study plan

Parent Training plus Emotion Coaching

Behavioral

This intervention will combine a parent management training program called Helping the Noncompliant Child with elements of an Emotion Coaching parenting program.

Parent Training only

Behavioral

This intervention will consist of a parent management training program called Helping the Noncompliant Child.

Primary outcomes

  1. Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory - intensity score

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

    Child conduct problems at baseline, mid-treatment and post-treatment

  2. Early Childhood Inventory-4 ODD scale

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

    Change in child conduct problems for children ages 3-5 at baseline, mid-treatment and post-treatment

  3. Child Symptom Inventory-IV

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

    Child conduct problems for children ages 6-7 at baseline, mid-treatment and post-treatment

  4. Behavioral Coding System - percent child inappropriate behaviors

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

    Child inappropriate behaviors at baseline, mid-treatment and post-treatment

  5. Behavioral Coding System percent child compliance

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

    Child compliance at baseline, mid-treatment and post-treatment

Secondary outcomes

  1. Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits - preschool version - total score

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

    Callous-unemotional traits at baseline mid-treatment and post-treatment

  2. A Developmental Neuropsychological Assessment (NEPSY-II) Affect Recognition Task - fear recognition

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

    Affect recognition at baseline, mid-treatment and post-treatment

  3. NEPSY-II Affect Recognition Task - sadness recognition

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

    Affect recognition in baseline mid-treatment and post-treatment

  4. Griffith Empathy Measure - empathy score

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

    Empathy at baseline and post-treatment

  5. Behavioral coding of Zahn-Waxler empathy paradigm - amount of attention, affective response congruent with examiner, concern for others, disregard for others

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

    Empathy at baseline and post-treatment

  6. Behavioral Coding System - positive attention rate per minute

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

    Parenting behavior - positive attention at baseline mid-treatment and post-treatment

  7. Behavioral Coding System - total commands rate per minute

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

    Change in parenting behavior - commands at baseline mid-treatment and post-treatment

  8. Parenting scale - overactivity

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

    Parenting at baseline mid-treatment and post-treatment

  9. Parenting scale - laxness

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

    Parenting at baseline mid-treatment and post-treatment

  10. Parent Meta-Emotion Interview emotion coaching scale

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

    Emotion coaching at baseline and post-treatment

  11. Parenting Sense of Competence satisfaction scale

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

    Parenting satisfaction at baseline mid-treatment and post-treatment

  12. Parenting Sense of Competence efficacy scale

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

    Parenting efficacy at baseline mid-treatment and post-treatment

Other outcomes

  1. Difficulties with Emotion Regulation Scale - lack of awareness and limited access to emotion regulation strategies

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

    Maternal emotion regulation abilities at baseline mid-treatment and post-treatment

  2. Beck Depression Inventory II

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

    Maternal depression at baseline and post-treatment

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Washington

Other

Registry information

Acronym: HNC-EC

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Apr 7, 2015
Registry last updated
May 5, 2021

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