Clinical trial NCT04077112: Evaluation of Intensive Parent-Child Interaction Therapy"
Official title: Evaluation of Intensive Parent-Child Interaction Therapy"
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Behavior Problem
Parenting
Lead sponsor: Florida International University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-09-04
Enrollment: 60
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 2
Maximum age (years): 7
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose to the current study was to examine the comparative efficacy of a more condensed intensive version of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (I-PCIT; 5 days/week over the course of 2 weeks) versus a more traditional weekly PCIT format (1 day/week over the course of 10 weeks) in treating early childhood externalizing behavior problems (EBP).

Detailed description: The purpose to the current study was to examine the comparative efficacy of a more condensed intensive version of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (I-PCIT; 5 days/week over the course of 2 weeks) versus a more traditional weekly PCIT format (1 day/week over the course of 10 weeks) in treating early childhood externalizing behavior problems (EBP). Using a randomized trial design, 60 young children (M child age = 4.33 years; range 2-6.92; 65% male; 85% Latinx) with elevated levels of EBP and their mothers were assigned to either I-PCIT (n = 30) or traditional PCIT (n = 30). Families completed pre-treatment and post-treatment assessments as well as a follow-up assessment 6-9 months following treatment completion. Across all assessments, mothers completed measures of child behavior, discipline practices, and parenting stress. Observational data on child behavior and parenting was also collected during three 5-minute standard situations that vary in the degree of parental control (child-led play, parent-led play, \& clean-up).

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* children had to be between 2 and 7 years of age
* mothers had to rate their children above the clinically significant range (T-score \> 60) on a measure of child EBP (Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory; Eyberg \& Pincus, 1999),
* be willing to come to treatment every day (Monday - Friday) during a two-week period,
* both mother and child had to be able to speak and understand English.

Exclusion Criteria:

* An intellectual disability (full scale IQ \< 70 based on the WPPSI-IV; Wechsler, 2012),
* A previous Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis,
* The inability of parents to attend sessions daily.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in Externalizing Behavior Problems
timeFrame: The measure was collected prior to the start of treatment, immediately following treatment, as well as 6-9 months upon treatment completion
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in Parenting Skills
timeFrame: The measure was collected prior to the start of treatment, immediately following treatment, as well as 6-9 months upon treatment completion
measure: Change in Parenting stress
timeFrame: The measure was collected prior to the start of treatment, immediately following treatment, as well as 6-9 months upon treatment completion
measure: Change in Discipline Practices
timeFrame: The measure was collected prior to the start of treatment, immediately following treatment, as well as 6-9 months upon treatment completion
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