NCT02794051

Transdiagnostic Group Intervention for Children With Behavior Problems

Implementation of a Transdiagnostic Group Intervention for Children With Behavior Problems Within a Pediatric Outpatient Setting

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 8 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Colorado, Denver · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 8 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study fills a notable gap in the transdiagnostic literature by evaluating whether an evidence-based transdiagnostic treatment for emotional disorders such as the Unified Protocol for Children (UP-C) is effective for treating childhood behavior problems.

Detailed description

By participating in the study, child participants will learn emotion regulation skills and have opportunities to interact and practice skills with other children who have similar problems. In addition, parent participants will learn effective parenting skills, including appropriate limit-setting, use of praise and consequences, and empathy, that may help them effectively navigate the challenges of caring for a child with behavior concerns (1). Parents will also have the opportunity to interact with other parents who face similar challenges, providing validation and support. Upon completion of the study, investigators plan to share these findings at professional conferences and submit manuscripts to peer-reviewed journals. Collectively, this study will add to the literature in the pediatric mental health field and may also serve as a model for other outpatient clinics regarding implementation and provision of a transdiagnostic approach to treat children with behavior problems. Thus, the main goals of the current study are to examine the effectiveness of the UP-C group treatment in reducing childhood behavior problems, evaluate parents' satisfaction with this treatment, and determine the feasibility of implementing this treatment in a pediatric outpatient setting.

Conditions

• Behavioral Symptoms
• Emotional Disturbances

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Group Therapy	Participating children and their caregivers will attend 90-minute weekly group therapy sessions for 10 consecutive weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-05-01
• Primary completion: 2016-09-01
• Completion: 2016-09-01
• First posted: 2016-06-08
• Last updated: 2016-09-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States