CARE Program for Parent-Child Relationships
(Male-CARE Trial)
What You Need to Know Before You Apply
What is the purpose of this trial?
Male caregivers play a critical role in children's emotional development, yet they are often underrepresented in parenting interventions and may experience unique barriers to emotional engagement and support. This study will evaluate whether a 12-session parenting group therapy program is feasible, acceptable, and appropriate for male-identifying caregivers of children and adolescents receiving mental health services.
The intervention being studied is the Connecting and Reflecting Experience (CARE) parenting program, a mentalizing-focused group therapy designed to strengthen caregivers' ability to reflect on their own and their child's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. CARE has demonstrated promise in improving parental reflective functioning, reducing parenting stress, and enhancing parent-child relationships in prior studies, but has not yet been evaluated in a group composed exclusively of male-identifying caregivers.
Participants will take part in a 12-session weekly CARE group delivered via telehealth, with each session lasting one hour. Participants will also be asked to complete brief self-report surveys before, during, and after participation in the group. The purpose of the study is to inform future intervention development and determine whether CARE is a useful intervention for groups of male caregivers.
Who Is on the Research Team?
Olivia Derella
Principal Investigator
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Amanda Zayde, Psy.D.
Principal Investigator
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Are You a Good Fit for This Trial?
Inclusion Criteria
Timeline for a Trial Participant
Screening
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial
Treatment
Participants take part in a 12-session weekly CARE group delivered via telehealth, with each session lasting one hour
Follow-up
Participants are monitored for changes in parenting stress, reflective functioning, and restrictive emotionality after treatment
What Are the Treatments Tested in This Trial?
Interventions
- Connecting and Reflecting Experience (CARE) Program
How Is the Trial Designed?
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Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Participants will enroll in a 12-session CARE parenting group therapy.
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Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?
Montefiore Medical Center
Lead Sponsor
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