Mental health in caregivers and their children who live in high psychosocial risk situations Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Participants were identified by social services and will be randomly allocated in two groups, intervention and treatment as usual control group. Participants randomization was made according to a list
Sponsors
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Porto
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Portuguese mothers or maternal substitutes 2. Principal caregiver of child aged 3 to 12 years 3. At psychosocial risk due to low income 4. Receiving economic support from Portuguese social welfare
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Has a child or children with developmental disorders (e.g. autism) and/or chronic illness 2. Has an intellectual impairment or is hearing/visually impaired 3. Current drug/alcohol abuse
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Emotional and behavioral symptoms in children, measured through the subscales of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ-P; Godman, 1997) and Conner’s Teacher Rating Scale (Conners, 1998). This measures will be accomplished by principal caregivers and teachers at three timepoints: pre-intervention, post-intervention and at 12-months follow-up. 2. Parental sense of competence, measured through the subscales of the Parental Sense of Competence Scale (PSOC; Gibaud-Wallston & Wandersman, 1978) 3. Parent's use of ineffective parenting practices, measured through the subscales of Parenting Scale (Arnold, O´Leary, Wolff & Acker, 1993) and the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (Frick, 1991). These are self-report measures and will be filled by caregivers at three timepoints: pre-intervention, post-intervention and at 12-months follow-up. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Parental psychological adjustment, measured by the subscales of Depression-Anxiety-Stress (DASS-21, Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995) 2. Parental stress, measured by subscales of Parental Stress Index-Short Form (PSI-SF, Abidin, 1990) 3. Informal social support network, measured through an adapted version subscale of Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey (MOS-SSS, Sherbourne & Stewart, 1991). These are self-report measures and will be filled by principal caregivers at three timepoints: pre-intervention, post-intervention and at 12-months follow-up. | — |
Countries
Portugal
Outcome results
None listed