Recruiting

Conflict Resolution

Sponsor:

University of Notre Dame

Code:

NCT04980794

Conditions

Mental Health

Conflict

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 4+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Parent-child intervention

Self-study Intervention

Study Details

Brief summary:

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.

Conditions

Mental Health

Conflict

Study ID

NCT04980794

Start date

Mar 1, 2021

Status verified date

Nov, 2024

Completion date

Dec 30, 2025

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 30, 2025

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 4+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Two parents or primary caregivers
  • Child between 4 and 17 years old
  • English literate
  • Able/willing to participate through the 12-month follow up assessment.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Families who cannot communicate in English
  • Single parent families

Study Design

Enrollment

1800 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Parent-Child Intervention

This is a four-dose intervention that includes psychoeducational modules and communication coaching administered through community organizations over the course of four weeks. Both participating adults and the participating child receive materials to review each week, paired with weekly contact from a family coach.

active comparator: Self-study intervention

This is a four-dose intervention that include written self-study materials to review, paired with weekly contact with a family coach. Both participating adults receive self-study materials; the participating child does not receive separate materials.

Interventions

Parent-child intervention

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.

Self-study Intervention

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.

Primary outcome measure

  • Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
  • Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CESD) [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
  • Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS) [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
  • Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
  • O'Leary Porter Scale (OPS) [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
  • Family Interactions Coding Scale [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
  • Security in the Marital System Questionnaire (SIMS-PR) [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
  • Security in the Subsystem (SIS) [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
  • Security in the Family System (SIFS) [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
  • Organizational Characteristics Measure (purpose created measure of organizational characteristics) [ Time Frame: 4 years ]
  • Leadership Perspective Measure (purpose created measure of organizational leaderships' perspective on program, implementation and sustainability) [ Time Frame: 4 years ]
  • Facilitator Perspective Measure (purpose created measure of community facilitators' perspective on program implementation and training) [ Time Frame: 4 years ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Katie N Bergman, PhD

574-631-0956kbergman@nd.edu

E. Mark Cummings, PhD

574-631-4947ecumming@nd.edu

Locations

Fort Wayne Center for Children and Families

Recruiting

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, 46814

Contacts

Katie Bergman, PhD

574-631-0956kbergman@nd.edu

Indianapolis Virtual Site

Recruiting

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46260

Contacts

Katie Bergman, PhD

574-631-0956kbergman@nd.edu

John G Borkowski, PhD

jborkows@nd.edu

University of Notre Dame

Recruiting

Notre Dame, Indiana, United States, 46556

Contacts

Katie Bergman, PhD

574-631-0956kbergman@nd.edu

E. Mark Cummings, PhD

574-631-0956ecumming@nd.edu

More Information

Sponsor

University of Notre Dame

Last update posted

Nov 15, 2024

Last verified

Nov, 2024

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-08. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Notre Dame on 2024-11-15.