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Parenting Programs for Preschoolers' Mental Health Issues

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Led By Joussemet Mireille, Ph.D.

Research Sponsored by Mireille Joussemet

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up baseline, 2-month follow-up, 8-month follow-up, and 14-moth follow-up.

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Study Summary

This trial compares two parenting programs to see if teaching concrete skills can help improve parental autonomy and child mental health. Parents and children will take part in activities and fill out questionnaires. Researchers will compare results to see if the program providing concrete parenting skills was more effective.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for parents with a child aged 3 to just under 5 years who haven't attended the How-to Parenting Program. It's not for those who can't communicate in French. The study aims to help families improve their parenting skills and boost preschoolers' mental health.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The trial compares two parenting programs: 'How-to talk so kids will listen' which teaches specific parenting skills, and 'Nobody's Perfect', which doesn’t focus on skill teaching. Parents attend one of these programs at early childhood centers and are observed over time.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves educational programs rather than medical interventions, traditional side effects aren't expected. However, participants may experience changes in stress levels or emotional responses due to new parenting strategies.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline, 2-month follow-up, 8-month follow-up, and 14-moth follow-up.

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline, 2-month follow-up, 8-month follow-up, and 14-moth follow-up.

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline, 2-month follow-up, 8-month follow-up, and 14-moth follow-up. for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Change in children's externalizing problems

Change in parental autonomy support

Secondary outcome measures

Change in children's internalizing problems

Change in children's socio-emotional competencies

Change in observed child committed compliance

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Other outcome measures

Change in autonomy-supportive practices

Change in parental affiliation

Change in parental emotional regulation

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Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: How-to Parenting ProgramExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

The How-to Parenting Program is a highly structured and skill-based program. It is manualized, teaches 30 concrete, specific, easy-to-grasp (e.g., taught using comic strips), and readily applicable skills. It also optimizes learning with exercises (e.g., perspective taking; role-playing) and practice, and addresses parents' readiness and motivation to change. The program is delivered over six consecutive 2-hour weekly sessions (12 hours in total).

Group II: Nobody's Perfect ProgramActive Control1 Intervention

Based on andragogy principles, parents following the Nobody's Perfect curriculum will learn how to solve problems with their child and engage in theme-related activities meant to increase awareness of parents' own needs, child behaviors, development, health, and safety. There is no pre-determined order for themes and time devoted to each one varies according to parents' needs. The program is delivered over six consecutive 2-hour weekly sessions (12 hours in total).

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Mireille JoussemetLead Sponsor

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)OTHER_GOV

1,345 Previous Clinical Trials

26,453,194 Total Patients Enrolled

1 Trials studying Parenting

350 Patients Enrolled for Parenting

Joussemet Mireille, Ph.D.Principal InvestigatorUniversité de Montréal

Media Library

How-to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05796466 — N/A

Parenting Research Study Groups: How-to Parenting Program, Nobody's Perfect Program

Parenting Clinical Trial 2023: How-to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05796466 — N/A

How-to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05796466 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Are there any current openings for individuals to join this clinical investigation?

"Affirmative. Clinicaltrials.gov evidences that this medical trial, which was first posted on March 27th 2023, is actively enrolling patients. 320 participants are necessary to be recruited from 1 clinical site."

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What is the participant cap for this medical trial?

"Confirmed. As per the information on clinicaltrials.gov, this clinical trial is actively looking for 320 participants from one site and has been posted since March 27th 2023 with a most recent update of March 20th 2023."

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What results is the research team hoping to achieve from this trial?

"This trial will evaluate the efficacy of its intervention over a four-stage timeline (Baseline, 2 month follow up, 8 month follow up and 14 moth follow up). The primary objective is to gauge any change in externalizing problems among children. Secondary objectives include assessing changes in observed child commitment compliance through Kochanska's coding system, socio-emotional competencies via the Devereux Early Childhood Assessment scale, as well as internalising issues with three subscales from Achenbach et al.'s Child Behavior Checklist."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Improving Preschoolers' Mental Health: A RCT Assessing Two Parenting Programs

Mireille Joussemet 2023. "Improving Preschoolers' Mental Health: A RCT Assessing Two Parenting Programs". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05796466.