Parenting Program for Parents of Children With Emotional and Behavioral Issues: A Randomized Control Trial

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The main objectives of the study are: To find out the effectiveness of Helpful Parenting Program (HPP) for psychological functioning of children's parent having behavioral and emotional issues. To decrease psychological distress among children's parent having behavioral and emotional issues.

Detailed Description
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In this Helpful Parenting Program, N=200 participants would be enrolled for eligibility assessment from different schools in Faisalabad. 70 participants after the eligibility assessment and screening would be allocated to experimental and waitlist treatment condition. Participants would be allocated through random assignment using block randomization. In experimental group, the parents of children with emotional & behavioral issues will be included and 8 to 10 sessions of helpful parenting program would be provided to the parents. Each of the group will be comprised of n=35. Eligibility Criteria: Only parents with dysfunctional parenting practices, having children with emotional and behavioral issues would be a part of the study. Second, Only parents would be included in the study who score above 18 on SDQ-4. Only parents having children aged 5 to 12 years would be included in the study. Parents with major psychological disorders would be excluded from the study. The parent served as single parent would be excluded from the study.The participants would be taken from any socioeconomic status. Interventions: 8-10 sessions with 60 minutes duration once in a week will be conducted with the parents in group and one-on-one setting. Helpful parenting program would be based on social learning theory, behavior modification and couple counseling. The program will be used as an intervention strategy with parents to built insight about their child's emotional & behavioral issues. Different strategies to teach parenting skills will also be used as an intervention. Further more, this program will target parents' psychological distress and couples' problematic conflicts regarding parenting. Expected Outcomes: This study will help to provide valuable information to mental health professionals to understand and develop guidelines for parents of children with emotional & behavioral issues. Further, this program would decrease psychological distress & couple's problematic conflicts among parents and improve the psychological functioning of parents. Moreover, this program will improve parental competence and make them independent problem solvers.

Official Title
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Helpful Parenting Program (HPP) for Psychological Functioning of Parents of Children With Emotional and Behavioral Issues: A Randomized Control Trial

Conditions
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Parent-Child Relations

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Helpful Parenting Program Intervention


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Only parents with dysfunctional parenting practices, having children with emotional and behavioral issues would be a part of the study. Second, Only parents would be included in the study who score above 18 on SDQ-4. Only parents having children aged 5 to 12 years would be included in the study. The participants would be taken from any socioeconomic status. Exclusion Criteria: Parents with major psychological disorders would be excluded from the study. The parent served as single parent would be excluded from the study.
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: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Interventional Model Description: Randomized control trial design would be used in this study which is two arm study having two groups, an experimental & wait-list control group. Experimental group will receive intervention while other group will be placed in wait-list. In this study, parallel group design would be used. The treatment will be given to all participants in a parallel way. Allocation ratio and framework would be equivalence i.e., equal number of participants in treatment and control group.
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Treatment Group<br>Experimental Group: Participants in experimental group would receive 8-10 sessions of intervention based helpful parenting program | Behavioral: Helpful Parenting Program Intervention<br>* 8-10 sessions with 60 minutes duration once in a week will be conducted with the parents in group and one-on-one setting. Helpful parenting program would be based on social learning theory, behavior modification and couple counseling. The program will be used as an intervention strategy with parents to built insight about their child's emotional & behavioral issues. Different strategies to teach parenting skills will also be used as an intervention. Further more, this program will target parents' psychological distress and couples' problematic conflicts regarding parenting<br>|
| No Intervention: Control Group<br>Control Group: Participants in the control group will not receive the said intervention of helpful parenting program. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Strength and difficulty questionnaire | This scale will assess the parents strength and difficulty dealing the child | 4 months | 
| Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale | This scale will assess the level of depression, anxiety and stress among the parents of emotionally disturbed child | 4 months | 
| Dyadic Adjustment Scale | This scale will assess the parents level of adjustment | 4 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Parenting Scale | This scale will assess the level of parenting | 4 months | 
| Parents sense of competence scale | This scale will assess the sense of competence | 4 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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HPP, Parenting, Emotional & behavioral issues