Development of child mental and physical health Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention group receives parental support consisting of the ABC-method, where the program format comprises four parent group sessions which are held every other week during an eight week period, wi
'showing love'
'being together'
'guiding' and 'pick your battles'. Sessions are led by two trained group leaders with various backgrounds such as pre-school teachers, teachers, social workers and psychologists. The leader education
Sponsors
Swedish National Institute of Public Health (Sweden)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Family can participate in the trial when the applicant is: 1. A parent or other caregiver of a child in the age of 3-12 years 2. Living in one of the participating municipalities in the County of Stockholm or in one of the city districts in the City of Stockholm
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Family cannot participate in the trial if: 1. The child is having a severe problematic or psychiatric disorder that demands other types of intervention, for example severe depression or a psychiatric diagnosis 2. Parent is in need of intervention or treatment, for example regarding domestic violence, or substance abuse or addiction
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Time points of primary interest for all outcome measures are at baseline, two weeks after intervention period and six months after intervention start. Parental Self-Efficacy (PSE) to measure parents' perception of their parenting on a 48-item questionnaire rated on 11-point Likert scale, ranging from 0=completely disagree to 10= completely agree. The questionnaire is composed of 8 subscales adapted from a Tool to Measure Parenting Self-efficacy - TOPSE (unpublished data). The questionnaire covers the dimensions of positive emotion, play, empathy, guiding, rules, pressures, acceptance and experience. Ratings of children's wellbeing are measured by the parent report of KIDSCREEN-52: a questionnaire with 52 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale to measure child's mental and physical well-being, moods, relations with parents and peers, and social functioning. Assesses frequency of behaviour/feelings (never-seldom-sometimes-often-always) and intensity of attitudes (not at all-slightly-moderately-very-extremely). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Current secondary outcome measures as of 08/04/2013: Program fidelity by group leaders is measured by observations of recorded program sessions. The group leaders are rated according to two dimensions. One regarding competence in terms of framework, speaking with own terms, well prepared, presenting the program in a positive manner, activating parents, strengthening parents and interaction between the two group leaders. The second dimensions cover the content of the program including presentation of the theme, presentation of goals, dimensions of parenting, discussion of the theme, and testing at home. Parent's commitment of the method is measured through questionnaires two weeks after each group meeting by questions about the use of program components ('yes/no'), and how did it work ('Positive/Both positive and negative/Negative'). Retaining of family rules as well as positive and negative parenting practices is assessed by Parenting Practices Interview (PPI). In this study the two subscales parental praise and harsh parenting were used and covered by 26 items, rated on a 7-point Likert scale (from 'never' to 'always', and from 'not likely at all' to 'extremely likely', depending on the wording of the question). The General Health Questionnaire-GHQ12 is included to measure the parents' mental health, scored on 4-point Likert scale (Positive items - 'better/more than usual', 'same as usual', 'less than usual' and 'much less than usual', Negative items - 'not at all', 'no more than usual', 'rather more than usual' and 'much more than usual'). The 12 items will be divided into a positive scale measuring mental health/well-being and a negative scale measuring mental distress. The brief version of the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS), covered by the subscale Dyadic Satisfaction is used to measure relational satisfaction/dissatisfaction between parents. Four items on a 7-point Likert scale, ranging from 'never' to 'always', and 'extremely unhappy' to 'extremely happy' | — |
Countries
Sweden
Outcome results
None listed