Positive Parenting Seminars for Parents

Age: Any Age
Sex: Any
Trial Phase: Academic
Sponsor: Texas Tech University
No Placebo GroupAll trial participants will receive the active study treatment (no placebo)

What You Need to Know Before You Apply

What is the purpose of this trial?

The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether a brief positive parenting seminar series delivered virtually helps teach parents additional tools and strategies to support healthy child development, encourage good behavior, and manage misbehavior, while improving parenting practices and child outcomes for parents of children ages 2-12.

The main questions it aims to answer are whether parents are satisfied with the intervention and find the strategies helpful and acceptable, whether the intervention leads to changes in parenting behaviors (e.g., positive parenting) and child outcomes (e.g., emotional and behavioral problems), and how removing the active discussion from the seminars impacts parents' ability to improve their parenting skills and their child's outcomes.

Researchers will compare three groups: parents receiving the seminars with a group discussion, parents receiving the seminars without a group discussion, and parents on a waitlist. This will help determine if group discussions lead to greater improvements in parenting practices and child outcomes.

Participants attended three online parenting seminars via telehealth (if assigned to a seminar group). They completed surveys before, during, and after the seminars to share their experiences and provide feedback. Participants in the waitlist group completed surveys at the beginning and end of the study, and will participate in the seminars after the study period.

Who Is on the Research Team?

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John L. Cooley, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator

University of Florida

Are You a Good Fit for This Trial?

Inclusion Criteria

I live in Texas.
I have at least one child between 2 and 12 years old.
My child stays with me at least once every two weeks.

Timeline for a Trial Participant

Screening

Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial

2-4 weeks

Treatment

Participants attend three online parenting seminars via telehealth, with or without an active discussion component

3 weeks
3 virtual seminars

Follow-up

Participants are monitored for changes in parenting behaviors and child outcomes through surveys

4 months
Surveys at 2-month and 4-month intervals

What Are the Treatments Tested in This Trial?

Interventions

  • Positive Parenting Seminar Series

How Is the Trial Designed?

3

Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Intervention-as-usualExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Group II: Intervention without an active discussion componentExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Group III: Waitlist ControlActive Control1 Intervention

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Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?

Texas Tech University

Lead Sponsor

Trials
89
Recruited
10,300+