Promoting recently arrived immigrant parents' adjustment and well-being

Promoting recently arrived immigrant parents' adjustment and well-being: cluster randomized trial of the PIA Parent Program

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN18346856

Enrollment

300

Registered

2023-11-03

Start date

2023-05-23

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-01-06

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Conditions

Promoting the adjustment and well-being of recently arrived immigrant parents in Sweden. Not Applicable

Interventions

The PIA-Parent program is a short parenting support program to promote newly arrived refugee parents' skills in helping their children become resilient citizens of society. The intervention focuses on

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. The parents immigrated to Sweden in 2015 or later 2. The parents have been in Sweden for a minimum of 6 months and have at least one child between the ages of 10 to 18 years old 3. The parents should be able to follow the programs in Swedish or in one of the other languages that the program materials are available: Arabic, Dari, Kurdish, Somalian, and Tigrinya.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Participants who self-report that they currently receive treatment for a psychological problem or psychiatric illness

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Parent-child relationship quality measured using the secure-base subscale of the Network of Relationships Inventory (NRI) at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up 2. Warmth measured using the warmth subscale of the Family Check-up (FCU) Caregiver Assessment Scale at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up 3. Conflict measured using the conflict subscale of the FCU Caregiver Assessment Scale at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up 4. Parent-child communication measured using the companionship subscale of the Network of Relationships Inventory (NRI) at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up 5. Parents’ perceived efficacy to support their child’s schooling measured using the Parental Self-Efficacy for Helping the Child Succeed in School Scale at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Parent-child relationship quality measured using the secure-base subscale of the Network of Relationships Inventory (NRI) at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up 2. Warmth measured using the warmth subscale of the Family Check-up (FCU) Caregiver Assessment Scale at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up 3. Conflict measured using the conflict subscale of the FCU Caregiver Assessment Scale at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up 4. Parent-child communication measured using the companionship subscale of the Network of Relationships Inventory (NRI) at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up 5. Parents’ perceived efficacy to support their child’s schooling measured using the Parental Self-Efficacy for Helping the Child Succeed in School Scale at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Optimism about the future measured using an adapted version of the Optimism Scale (EPOCH) at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up. The original items were revised to assess optimism related to the future of the family. 2. Parental resilience measured using the Rugged Resilience Measure (RRM) at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up 3. Self-report of stress and health measured using the Refugee Health Screener (RHS-13) pre-test, post-test, and follow-up 4. Subjective well-being measured using the Well-being Index by WHO (WHO-5) at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up 5. Sense of societal belonging measured using the adult version of the Societal Belongingness measure developed based on the Adolescents’ Societal Belongingness Scale (ASBS) at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up 6. Views about society measured using the Views about the Swedish Society Scale (VS) at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Optimism about the future measured using an adapted version of the Optimism Scale (EPOCH) at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up. The original items were revised to assess optimism related to the future of the family. 2. Parental resilience measured using the Rugged Resilience Measure (RRM) at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up 3. Self-report of stress and health measured using the Refugee Health Screener (RHS-13) pre-test, post-test, and follow-up 4. Subjective well-being measured using the Well-being Index by WHO (WHO-5) at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up 5. Sense of societal belonging measured using the adult version of the Societal Belongingness measure developed based on the Adolescents’ Societal Belongingness Scale (ASBS) at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up 6. Views about society measured using the Views about the Swedish Society Scale (VS) at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up

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Countries

Sweden

Contacts

Public ContactMetin Özdemir

metin.ozdemir@oru.se+4619301246

Outcome results

None listed

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