Building positive relationships with your teen: evaluating the Teen Triple P programme

A cluster-randomised controlled trial evaluating Teen Triple P with support-as-usual vs support-as-usual alone

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN72900402

Enrollment

412

Registered

2023-09-25

Start date

2023-08-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-03-16

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Prevention of young people being placed in out-of-home care Other

Interventions

Teen Triple P: Teen Triple P is a coordinated multi-level prevention/early intervention strategy that draws on social learning theory, applied behaviour analysis, research on child and adolescent deve

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Parents/carers of young people determined as being at risk of being placed in out-of-home care 2. Parent/carer is able to participate in the Teen Triple P programme 3. Young people are aged 11-15 years at screening

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Families where one or more parent has received a multi-session parenting programme covering similar content to Triple P over the previous 12 months 2. Families where one or more parent is currently receiving a multi-session parenting programme covering similar content to Triple P or any multi-component manualised family intervention, such as Multi-Systemic Therapy.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
6 months post-randomisation Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ; Goodman, 1999) parent report externalising problems scale	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Measured at baseline (pre-randomisation), 6 months post-randomisation and 12 months post-randomisation: 1. Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ; Goodman, 1999) parent report internalising problems scale, adolescent report externalising and internalising problems scales. 2. Parenting practices: Parenting Scale Adolescent version (PSA) parent report 3. Adolescent prosocial behaviours – The Prosocial behaviour subscale of the SDQ (Goodman, 1999). Adolescent and parent report. 4. Adolescent peer relationships – The Peer Relationship Problem subscale of the SDQ (Goodman, 1999). Adolescent and parent report. 5. Interparental outcome - Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS-7) is a 7-item measure (Sharpley & Cross 182; Hunsley et al., 2001). Parent report. 6. Parent mental health – the Kessler 6 (Kessler et al., 2003). Parent report. 7. Parent Wellbeing - The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (SWEMWBS; Tennant et al., 2007). Parent report. 8. Conflict Behavior Questionnaire (CBQ-20) (Robin & Foster, 1989). Parent and adolescent report. 9. Child-parent relationship – the Closeness subscale of the Child-Parent Relationship Scale (CPRS, short form) measures (Pianta, 1995). Parent report. 10. Family functioning – the Family APGAR scale. (Adapatability, Partnership, Growth, Affection and Resolve; APGAR; Smilkstein, 1978). Parent report. 11. Parent self-regulation – the Parenting Self-Regulation Scale is a 12-item parent-completed measure of parental-regulation (Tellegen et al., 2022). 12. Out of home placement 13. Antisocial behaviours - Self Report Delinquency Measure (SRDM; Smith & McVie, 2003)	—

Measure

Time frame

Measured at baseline (pre-randomisation), 6 months post-randomisation and 12 months post-randomisation: 1. Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ; Goodman, 1999) parent report internalising problems scale, adolescent report externalising and internalising problems scales. 2. Parenting practices: Parenting Scale Adolescent version (PSA) parent report 3. Adolescent prosocial behaviours – The Prosocial behaviour subscale of the SDQ (Goodman, 1999). Adolescent and parent report. 4. Adolescent peer relationships – The Peer Relationship Problem subscale of the SDQ (Goodman, 1999). Adolescent and parent report. 5. Interparental outcome - Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS-7) is a 7-item measure (Sharpley & Cross 182; Hunsley et al., 2001). Parent report. 6. Parent mental health – the Kessler 6 (Kessler et al., 2003). Parent report. 7. Parent Wellbeing - The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (SWEMWBS; Tennant et al., 2007). Parent report. 8. Conflict Behavior Questionnaire (CBQ-20) (Robin & Foster, 1989). Parent and adolescent report. 9. Child-parent relationship – the Closeness subscale of the Child-Parent Relationship Scale (CPRS, short form) measures (Pianta, 1995). Parent report. 10. Family functioning – the Family APGAR scale. (Adapatability, Partnership, Growth, Affection and Resolve; APGAR; Smilkstein, 1978). Parent report. 11. Parent self-regulation – the Parenting Self-Regulation Scale is a 12-item parent-completed measure of parental-regulation (Tellegen et al., 2022). 12. Out of home placement 13. Antisocial behaviours - Self Report Delinquency Measure (SRDM; Smith & McVie, 2003)

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Countries

England, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactKylie Gray

K.Gray.1@warwick.ac.uk+44 2476523638

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 20, 2026