Behavioral Health, Disruptive Behaviors, Parenting Behavior, Parenting Stress
Conditions
Brief summary
The proposed project aims to evaluate the Parenting Young Children Check-up (PYCC) through a randomized clinical trial in a family medicine clinic in Detroit that primarily serves low-income families. Forty parents will be randomized to intervention (n = 20) or control (n = 20) conditions. We will follow up with parents 1 month and 3-months later to test the impact of the program on children's behavioral health/disruptive behavior problems, parenting, and parenting stress and to examine how much parents in the intervention group make use of and report satisfaction with the PYCC program.
Detailed description
This study will test three hypotheses. First, we hypothesize that randomization to the PYCC intervention group, as compared to the control group, will be related to reduced child behavioral health challenges and disruptive behavior problems. Second, we hypothesize that randomization to the PYCC intervention group, as compared to control, will be related to improved positive parenting and reduced parenting stress. Third, for parents in the intervention group, we hypothesize there will be high rates of module use on the PYCC website (i.e., \>50%). Finally, for parents in the intervention group, we also hypothesize that there will be high rates of satisfaction with the PYCC overall and with each PYCC module.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALThe Parenting Young Children Check-up
The Parenting Young Children Check-up (PYCC) is a technology-based program for parents of young children with challenging behavior. The PYCC has three components: 1) the initial check-up, 2) text messages, and 3) the parenting program website.
Sponsors
Wayne State University
Henry Ford Health System
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Parent of child ages 2-5 years old * Report a score of 9 or higher on the Preschool Pediatric Symptoms Checklist
Exclusion criteria
* Does not speak/read English * Does not have access to a Smartphone
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Disruptive Behavior Problems | From enrollment (baseline) to follow-up at 1-month and 3-months post baseline | Measured with the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory |
| Children's Behavioral Health Challenges | From enrollment (baseline) to follow-up at 1-month and 3-months post baseline | Measured with the Preschool Pediatric Symptoms Checklist |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Parenting Stress | From enrollment (baseline) to follow-up at 1-month and 3-months post baseline | Measured with the Parenting Stress Index |
| Parenting | From enrollment (baseline) to follow-up at 1-month and 3-months post baseline | Measured with the Preschool Version of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire |
Countries
United States
Contacts
CONTACTLucy McGoron, Ph.D.
Outcome results
None listed