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Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of family preferences for and engagement in services.
Detailed description
The overarching goal of this pilot project is to elucidate factors that influence families' engagement in indicated prevention/early intervention programming for youth conduct problems. We will explore factors previously shown to influence engagement, including parent motivational cognitions, family context variables, and preferences for intervention type. Study aims are organized around a randomized preference trial with a parallel hybrid design structure (see Abikoff, 2001). Families with youth ages 5-12, referred to community mental health clinics in Michigan, will be invited to participate in a prevention study. Families who chose to participate were assigned at random to preference (i.e. choice) or no preference (i.e. no choice) conditions. Those randomly assigned to the preference condition were allowed to choose between four intervention options: clinic-based services-as-usual (youth intervention); individual, home-based Oregon Parent Management Training (PMTO; Patterson, 2005), individual, clinic-based PMTO, and in-person group-based PMTO (Parenting Through Change; Forgatch & DeGarmo, 1999). Families in the no-choice condition were randomly assigned to one of the same four conditions.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALPMTO-PTC Group clinic-based
BEHAVIORALPMTO Individual home-based
BEHAVIORALPMTO Individual clinic-based
BEHAVIORALServices as Usual
Sponsors
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Michigan Department of Community Health
University of Minnesota
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
5 Years to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Families with at least one child between the ages of 5 and 12. * Referral to community mental health clinic (specifically, to one of the project partner clinics)
Exclusion criteria
* Active psychosis * Serious child mental health diagnosis * Open child protection case for abuse or neglect
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Family Interaction Task (FIT) | 1 year | Parent(s) and child participate in a number of activities which are observed and coded based on parent-child interactions. |
| Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire | 1 year | Parent and Teacher Report |
| Brief Symptom Inventory 18 (BSI-18) Questionnaire | 1 year | Parent Report |
| Perceptions of Intervention Benefits and Barriers Questionnaire | 1 year | Parent Report |
| Parent Locus of Control Questionnaire | 1 year | Parent Report |
| Perceived Susceptibility & Severity Questionnaire | 1 year | Parent Report |
| Perceived Need to Improve Parenting Questionnaire | 1 year | Parent Report |
| Child Service Utilization Summary Questionnaire | 1 year | Parent Report |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed