Parents As Partners coparenting programme with parents of infants who are more challenging to soothe

Does early co-parenting programmes with parents of infants with a highly reactive temperament help? A randomised controlled trail using Parents As Partners

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN55209338

Enrollment

Registered

2017-09-25

Start date

2017-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2022-08-22

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Conditions

Coparenting relationship and child temperament Mental and Behavioural Disorders Coparenting relationship and child temperament

Interventions

Participants are randomly allocated by a blinded uninvolved person, using participant reference numbers to aviod randomisation bias. Numbers are drawn randomly to either the intervention or the contro

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Parents of 8 month old infants visiting Well Baby Clinics for 8 month follow-up 2. Maltese speaking 3. Parents over 18 years of age 4. Parenting infant together whether they live in the same household or not

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Those parents who are parenting alone 2. Non Maltese-speaking 3. Children over 1 year of age at recruitment stage

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Parenting stress is measured using Parenting Stress Index-Short Form version 4 at month two and six 2. Co-parenting relationship is measured using the coparenting relationship scale at month two and six 3. Behaviour is measured using the Early Childhood Behaviour Questionnaire at month two and six	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
There are no secondary outcome measures.	—

Countries

Malta, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactIngrid Grech Lanfranco

Outcome results

None listed

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