Boosting baby behaviour and bonding for parents with enduring difficulties in managing emotions and relationships

Boosting Baby Behaviour and Bonding: A feasibility trial of video feedback versus treatment as usual to reduce the risk of behaviour problems in the children of parents with enduring difficulties in managing their emotions and relationships, consistent with a personality disorder

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN10052006

Enrollment

Registered

2017-11-21

Start date

2018-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-01-08

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Conditions

Difficulties in managing emotions and relationships, consistent with personality disorder Mental and Behavioural Disorders Disorders of adult personality and behaviour

Interventions

The first phase of the research (Phase 1) uses an uncontrolled pilot trial design in which the Baby Behaviour and Bonding (ViPP) intervention is piloted in eight parents with enduring difficulties in

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Experience enduring difficulties in managing emotions and relationships, consistent with personality disorder 2. Primary caregiver of a child aged 6-36 months 3. Capable of giving informed consent 4. Aged 16 to 65 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. A sibling or co-parent is participating in the trial 2. The eligible child has a clinical diagnosis of a learning difficulty, developmental disorder or sensory impairment 3. The eligible parent has English language or learning difficulties that are sufficiently severe to prevent them completing study measures even with assistance

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Percentage of participants in the treatment arm receiving and completing the intervention, measured as attending = 4 sessions, by the time of the 8 month post-randomisation follow-up.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Percentage of potentially eligible participants consenting to be contacted by researchers, measured as the % of parents with a child aged 6 to 36 months who clinicians deem potentially eligible and give information about the research, who consent to be contacted by the researchers 2. Percentage of eligible participants consenting to participate, measured as the % of parents meeting the study inclusion criteria who consent to take part in the research 3. Percent completing the outcome measures at each follow-up, measured as the % of participants completing all outcome measures at the 5 month follow-up, and the % of participants completing all outcome measures at the 8 month follow-up 4. Pre-post effect sizes and confidence intervals on outcomes relating to child socioemotional health, parenting competencies and parental mental health for participants receiving ViPP versus participants receiving treatment as usual, assessed at the baseline, 5 month and 8 month follow-up using the Child Behaviour Checklist (for children aged >= 12 months only) , Brief Infant-Toddler Socio-emotional Assessment, Infant-Toddler Symptom Checklist, Parental Sense of Competence Scale, Parental Stress Scale, CORE, Emotional Availability Scale and Complex PTSD Scale	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Percentage of potentially eligible participants consenting to be contacted by researchers, measured as the % of parents with a child aged 6 to 36 months who clinicians deem potentially eligible and give information about the research, who consent to be contacted by the researchers 2. Percentage of eligible participants consenting to participate, measured as the % of parents meeting the study inclusion criteria who consent to take part in the research 3. Percent completing the outcome measures at each follow-up, measured as the % of participants completing all outcome measures at the 5 month follow-up, and the % of participants completing all outcome measures at the 8 month follow-up 4. Pre-post effect sizes and confidence intervals on outcomes relating to child socioemotional health, parenting competencies and parental mental health for participants receiving ViPP versus participants receiving treatment as usual, assessed at the baseline, 5 month and 8 month follow-up using the Child Behaviour Checklist (for children aged >= 12 months only) , Brief Infant-Toddler Socio-emotional Assessment, Infant-Toddler Symptom Checklist, Parental Sense of Competence Scale, Parental Stress Scale, CORE, Emotional Availability Scale and Complex PTSD Scale

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Countries

England, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactKirsten Barnicot

Kirsten.Barnicot@city.ac.uk+44 (0)7933 995 456

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026