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Focused Coparenting Consultation for Parenting (CoparentRCT Trial)

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By James P McHale, PhD
Research Sponsored by University of South Florida
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
An applicant is considered eligible if the pregnancy is the mother's first with the baby's father; the mother and father are unmarried; and reported income places at or below the county and state poverty line. The target population is African American, but mixed race parents may also enroll so long as at least one parent is African American. Minor parents will be recruited only if legally emancipated or with consent of their parent or guardian (with an exception allowed if minor parent is estranged from parent or LAR). If a potential participant reports a prior history of IPV, s/he may still be eligible for participation pending a more detailed assessment completed by trained project staff using the Danger Assessment Scale (Campbell, 2003).
Be younger than 65 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 12 months compared to 3 months
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CoparentRCT Trial Summary

This trial is testing a new intervention to help unmarried, low-income African American mothers and fathers form positive coparenting relationships with each other.

CoparentRCT Trial Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

CoparentRCT Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~12 months compared to 3 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 12 months compared to 3 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Coparenting and Family Rating Scale (CFRS) Coparent Negativity/Hostility & Competitiveness
Coparenting and Family Rating Scale (CFRS) Coparent Solidarity/Family Harmony
Father Engagement as Assessed by the Activities With Child Scale (Cabrera et al., 2004).
+10 more
Secondary outcome measures
Infant Eye Gaze Triangular Engagement
Infant Eye Gaze Triangular Monitoring
Infant Eye Gaze Triangular Protest
+1 more
Other outcome measures
Level of Individual Parenting Stress as Assessed by the Parenting Stress Index Short Form (PSI-SF; Abidin, 1995) Difficult Child Subscale
Level of Individual Parenting Stress as Assessed by the Parenting Stress Index Short Form (PSI-SF; Abidin, 1995) Parent-Child Dysfunctional Interaction Subscale
Level of Individual Parenting Stress as Assessed by the Parenting Stress Index Short Form (PSI-SF; Abidin, 1995) Parental Distress Subscale
+1 more

CoparentRCT Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Intervention: Treatment as Usual + Focused Coparenting ConsultExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Receipt of Treatment As Usual/Resource and Referral supports, plus opportunity to complete six 90-minute Focused Coparenting Consultation (FCC) sessions followed by one postnatal booster session designed to strengthen the mother-father coparenting alliance
Group II: Control: Treatment as UsualActive Control1 Intervention
Receipt of TAU/Resource and Referral supports
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Focused Coparenting Consultation
2015
N/A
~280

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)NIH
1,960 Previous Clinical Trials
2,673,664 Total Patients Enrolled
19 Trials studying Parenting
6,118 Patients Enrolled for Parenting
University of South FloridaLead Sponsor
407 Previous Clinical Trials
186,533 Total Patients Enrolled
1 Trials studying Parenting
22 Patients Enrolled for Parenting
James P McHale, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity of South Florida

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Randomized Controlled Trial of Prenatal Coparenting Intervention (CoparentRCT)
2015. "Randomized Controlled Trial of Prenatal Coparenting Intervention (CoparentRCT)". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03097991.
~29 spots leftby Apr 2025
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