None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The Circle of Security parent DVD training is an 8-week relationship-based group program designed to enhance the parent-child relationship and attachment. We aim to examine the effectiveness of the DVD-based program for enhancing the parent-child relationship with multiproblem families, as well as improve other symptoms, such as parental mental health, and child internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Given the suggestion that group-based interventions may not be suitable for at risk families, we will examine the suitability of modifying the DVD protocol for use on an individual basis. Participants will be parents with a child aged 12-months to 6-years. Parents will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: (1) Circle of Security intervention or (2) supported waitlist control. The intervention group will complete the 8-week COS protocol involving one weekly 1-1.5 hour session with a trained Circle of Security facilitator. Parents in the waitlist control group will receive weekly supportive phone contact.
Interventions
The intervention will be the 8-week Circle of Security Parent DVD Program.
This program provides parents with psychoeducation based on attachment theory, using the training DVD. Parents will attend sessions with a psychologist, where they will watch the training DVD and relate the content to their own family. The DVD includes short videos and built-in moments to facilitate reflective dialogue. The program will be conducted in one-on-one sessions each taking around 1 hour, once per week for eig
The intervention will be the 8-week Circle of Security Parent DVD Program. This program provides parents with psychoeducation based on attachment theory, using the training DVD. Parents will attend sessions with a psychologist, where they will watch the training DVD and relate the content to their own family. The DVD includes short videos and built-in moments to facilitate reflective dialogue. The program will be conducted in one-on-one sessions each taking around 1 hour, once per week for eight weeks. Only one parent is required to attend. Parents will be asked to reflect on the content between sessions. Master and Doctoral level psychologists trained in the Circle of Security Parent DVD Training will conduct the sessions. Regular peer supervision will be held, to assist with adherence to the program.
Sponsors
Griffith University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Other
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
0 to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Parents of children aged 1 to 6 years, experiencing relationship difficulties.
Exclusion criteria
nil
Outcome results
None listed