None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The study aimed to reduce the development of internalising disorders such as anxiety and depression by providing a brief education program for parents of preschool aged children who are at increased risk for these problems. Children were selected if they were highly shy and inhibited. Parents either received 6, 90 minute sessions providing information about how to reduce inhibition in their child, or received no intervention. It was expected that the brief intervention would result in reduced inhibition in the short term and hence reductions in anxiety and depression in the longer term.
Interventions
Brief parent education - 6, 90-minute group sessions in total - 5 sessions weekly, then a final one after 1 month break. Total intervention - 9 weeks. Parents learn: In vivo exposure for their child; improved parenting strategies; psychoeducation; cognitive restructuring.
Sponsors
Macquarie University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
3 Years to 5 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Score on measure of inhibited behaviour at 1 standard deviation above norm. Demonstration of behavioural inhibition on laboratory observation.
Exclusion criteria
Formal diagnosis of developmental disorder assessed during structured clinical diagnostic interview.
Outcome results
None listed