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Effects of targeting fathers versus mothers in cognitive behavioral parent training for parents of children with an anxiety disorder

Effects of targeting fathers versus mothers in cognitive behavioral parent training for parents of children with an anxiety disorder

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN11647019
Enrollment
48
Registered
2011-12-02
Start date
2007-11-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2015-01-13

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Conditions

Childhood anxiety disorders Mental and Behavioural Disorders Anxiety disorder of childhood

Interventions

The cognitive behavioral parent training (CBPT) is based on earlier work of Bögels and Siqueland (2006) and Bodden et al. (2008). The training consists of 2 hour group meetings once a week for 6 wee

Sponsors

University of Amsterdam (UK)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Fathers and mothers of anxiety disorder children of 7-12 years old, referred or recruited by community announcement 2. The child having a primary anxiety disorder on the Anxiety Disorder Interview Schedule (ADIS) [Silverman & Albano, 1996] 3. Both parents willing and able to participate in CBPT

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Prior child CBT and no parent treatment in relation to the child?s anxiety 2. Other severe psychiatric problems that might interfere with treatment

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Diagnostic status of the children using the Anxiety Disorder Interview Schedule Child and Parent versions (ADIS C/P) (Silverman & Albano, 1996). To consider change in the number of anxiety disorders and their interference their combination was examined (number of anxiety disorders × mean interference). 2. Children?s anxiety symptoms using the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED-71). Child, father, and mother completed the SCARED-71 (Bodden et al., 2009), and their reports were aggregated into an overall score for child anxiety symptoms.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Parenting behavior using the Parental Rearing Questionnaire (PRQ). Father and mother completed a self- and partner-report version of the subscales autonomy granting, overcontrol, and rejection of the PRQ (Bögels & Van Melick, 2004; new subscale structure Verhoeven, Bögels, Van der Bruggen, 2011). Self- and partner-report were aggregated into an overall score of parent?s autonomy granting, overcontrol, and rejection. 2. Challenging parenting behavior using the questionnaire Challenging Parenting Behavior (Majdandzic, De Vente, & Bögels, 2010). Father and mother completed a self- and partner-report version. Self- and partner-report were aggregated into an overall score of parent?s challenging behavior. 3. Parents' sense of competence using the Sense of Competence subscale of Parenting Stress Index (PSI; Abidin, 1983; De Brock, Vermulst, Gerris, & Abidin, 1992). Father and mother completed a self-report version. 4. Parents? own anxiety using the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders Adult version (SCARED-A; Bögels & Van Melick, 2004). Father and mother completed a self-report version.

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

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