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Attachment-Focused Parenting Program for Child Development

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Recruiting

Led By Susan Woodhouse, Ph.D.

Research Sponsored by University of Maryland, College Park

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 6-month follow-up

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Study Summary

This trial tests an innovative program to foster secure attachment in children, promoting healthy development & reducing risk of behavior problems.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for parents with children aged 8 to 36 months enrolled in Early Head Start programs in Harrisburg PA and Lehigh Valley PA. Participants must be fluent in English or Spanish, the languages used for the intervention.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study tests an innovative program called Circle of Security Parenting (COS-P) designed to foster secure child-parent attachments, promote healthy development, and reduce behavior problems in children through a randomized controlled trial.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves parenting interventions rather than medical treatments, there are no typical side effects like those associated with drugs. However, participants may experience emotional discomfort or changes in family dynamics.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 6-month follow up

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~6-month follow up

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 6-month follow up for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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Primary outcome measures

Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) #1

Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) #2

Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) #3

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Secondary outcome measures

Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire (ACE-Q)

Behind Barrier Lab-TAB Task to assess child temperament

Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) #1

+23 more

Other outcome measures

COS-P Intervener Adherence Checklist

Little Talks Intervener Fidelity form (Intervener Rated)

Observer Ratings of Intervener Treatment Adherence and Competence for COS-P

+6 more

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Circle of Security Parenting (COS-P)Experimental Treatment1 Intervention

These participants will receive the Circle of Security Parenting (COS-P) intervention, an attachment-based, manualized, 8-session (90 minutes/session), home visiting intervention.

Group II: Little TalksActive Control1 Intervention

These participants will receive the Little Talks intervention, a manualized, 8-session (90 minutes/session) early literacy home visiting intervention.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of Maryland, College ParkLead Sponsor

155 Previous Clinical Trials

45,416 Total Patients Enrolled

Lehigh UniversityOTHER

21 Previous Clinical Trials

4,061 Total Patients Enrolled

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)NIH

1,964 Previous Clinical Trials

2,674,481 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

Circle of Security Parenting Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05834907 — N/A

Parent-Child Relationship Research Study Groups: Circle of Security Parenting (COS-P), Little Talks

Parent-Child Relationship Clinical Trial 2023: Circle of Security Parenting Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05834907 — N/A

Circle of Security Parenting 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05834907 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

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

What objectives does this experiment hope to attain?

"Primarily, this clinical trial will evaluate the efficacy of a given treatment by monitoring its effect on Strange Situation Procedure (SSP) #2. Additionally, Financial Stress Questionnaire #2 and #3 as well as O'Leary-Porter Overt Hostility Scale are being used to assess secondary outcomes. The latter two questionnaires explore household spending while the former is utilized to measure hostility in family interactions. For participants under 20 years old, investigators have modified it into a 9-item scale that excludes physical violence."

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How many participants is this clinical research endeavor accepting?

"Affirmative. Per the information on clinicaltrials.gov, this scientific trial which was originally posted on March 27th 2023 is currently recruiting patients. Approximately 249 participants are needed from 1 site."

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Are volunteers being accepted for this clinical experiment at present?

"Indeed, the information hosted on clinicaltrials.gov shows that this medical trial is actively searching for participants. This study was first published on March 27th 2023 and has been updated as recently as April 25th 2023. A total of 249 volunteers are needed from a single site."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Hands and Hearts Together

Jude Cassidy 2023. "Hands and Hearts Together". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05834907.