Trial of Transition to Parenthood Program for Couples

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This is a research study to evaluate the effectiveness of the Family Foundations program and to better understand how families cope with having a new baby. The research questions include: What is the effectiveness of the Family Foundations program? How do families cope with having a new baby?

Official Title
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Trial of Transition to Parenthood Program for Couples

Conditions
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Parent-Child Relations

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Family Foundations Coparenting Program


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Expecting first child Couple living together and planning to raise child together 18 years or older Exclusion Criteria: not first child

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| No Intervention: Control Group<br>Couples in the Control group did not receive the Family Foundations Coparenting Program. | |
| Experimental: Intervention Group<br>Couples randomly assigned to the Intervention Group received the Family Foundations Coparenting Program. | Behavioral: Family Foundations Coparenting Program<br>* Family Foundations, a program for adult couples expecting their first child, is designed to help them establish positive parenting skills and adjust to the physical, social, and emotional challenges of parenthood. Program topics include coping with postpartum depression and stress, creating a caring environment, and developing the child's social and emotional competence. Family Foundations is delivered to groups of couples through four prenatal and four postnatal classes of 2 hours each. Prenatal classes are started during the fifth or sixth month of pregnancy, and the postnatal classes end when the children are 6 months old. Family Foundations is delivered in a community setting by childbirth educators who have received 3 days of training from Family Foundations staff.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Coparenting Quality | We assessed coparenting relationship quality with the 31-item Coparenting Scale, which was created based on prior work (e.g., Abidin & Brunner, 1995; Cordova, 2001; Frank, Olmstead, Wagner,& Laub, 1991; Margolin et al., 2001; McHale, 1997). The overall score represents an average of items covering theoretically important domains: coparental agreement, support,undermining, and exposure of the child to conflict. | Up to 2.5 years from baseline | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aggressive Parenting | Aggressive parenting was measured using Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scales (Straus et al., 1998). | Up to 2.5 years after baseline | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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First time parents, Coparenting, Family Foundations