NCT Number: NCT04980794
This study is designed to test the effectiveness of a psychoeducation-based program to address communication and conflict resolution in families, thereby supporting mental health in children and their caregivers.
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All sexes
Interventional
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Fort Wayne Center for Children and Families, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
The goal of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a program to improve mental health in families by reducing stress and supporting effective communication and conflict resolution.
Families will be randomly assigned to one of two conditions: in the self-study condition, families will receive information to review on their own, paired with regular (weekly) contact from a family coach; in the second condition, families will receive information to review on their own, regular contact from a coach, and will participate in video sessions with a family coach who will provide feedback on their interactions and coaching on their use of a communication technique. Data collection, management and analysis will be conducted by researchers at the University of Notre Dame, but the intervention will occur through community organizations in three cities in Indiana, allowing for tests of the effectiveness of the program when it is implemented in community settings. Families will participate in a pre-test assessment, a four-week intervention, a post-test assessment, and a one-year follow up assessment. Also evaluated will be organizational factors and factors that impact ultimate implementation and scalability of the program in community settings.
Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes
Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.
Inclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria
Families (two adult caregivers, child between 4 and 17) receive four interactive, asynchronous psychoeducation modules to review on their own paired with weekly contact with a communication coach and two live sessions with a communication coach to discuss psychoeducation, receive feedback on their interactions, and practice a communication technique.
Families (two adult caregivers) receive information in a newsletter format to review on their own, paired with weekly contact from a communication coach to answer questions and direct their attention toward specific topics in the newsletter.
Time frame: 1 year
Youth Adjustment
Time frame: 1 year
Youth Adjustment
Time frame: 1 year
Youth Adjustment
Time frame: 1 year
Youth Adjustment
Time frame: 1 year
Interadult Conflict
Time frame: 1 year
Observational measures of interadult and family conflict
Time frame: 1 year
Youth Emotional Security: Testing process models associated with youth emotional security as the mechanism of effect for program effectiveness
Time frame: 1 year
Youth Emotional Security: Testing process models associated with youth emotional security as the mechanism of effect for program effectiveness
Time frame: 1 year
Youth Emotional Security: Testing process models associated with youth emotional security as the mechanism of effect for program effectiveness
Time frame: 4 years
Testing organizational factors associated with program effectiveness
Time frame: 4 years
Testing organizational factors associated with program effectiveness
Time frame: 4 years
Testing organizational factors associated with program effectiveness
Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.
E. Mark Cummings, PhD
CONTACT
Katie N Bergman, PhD
CONTACT
University of Notre Dame
Other
Effectiveness of an Empirically Supported Family Intervention: Mental Health Outcomes, Mechanisms of Effect, and Organizational Factors
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