NCT06305429

Encouraging Positive Parenting Habits

Encouraging Positive Parenting Habits Through Digital Media: Feasibility Study

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: D'Or Institute for Research and Education · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 4 Years – 10 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the feasibility and preliminary impacts of a new parenting program consisting of a series of educational videos, automatically delivered via a popular texting platform. The program content for the feasibility study is focused on teaching parents strategies to better manage one of the commonly reported challenges that children face, a transition to a non-preferred activity. Parents with young children experiencing behavior difficulties with daily transition routines are invited to participate in the study.

Detailed description

This feasibility study employs a pre-post, open trial design with the primary aim to investigate the feasibility of the automated delivery of parenting educational materials via a widely used texting platform. The training videos demonstrate the applications of antecedent- and reinforcement-based behavior management techniques in a specific situation and encourage parents to build positive parenting habits. The program usability and satisfaction will be assessed through daily interactions of the participants with the program and post-program questionnaires. The study targets parents of children demonstrating behavioral difficulties managing everyday routines at home, while having difficulty accessing traditional forms of psychosocial treatment. In particular, children of ADHD often experience these difficulties, potential participants are informed that the program is for children demonstrating behaviors consistent with ADHD, and ADHD symptoms will be evaluated pre- and post-program participation, although the presence of the disorder will not be required for the program participation. The investigators expect parents to engage well in the program delivered via digital media. Based on the existing literature on the effectiveness of behavior parent training delivered in traditional in-person format, the investigators expect a moderate effect size in the pre-post measures of parenting practices and the child target behavior for this study.

Conditions

• ADHD

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	HabitE (effective parenting habit) program (in Brazilian Portuguese)	Parents who enroll in the program will receive a series of 6 videos (\~ 7 minutes each), 1 video at a time, generally every 3 days. They will also receive daily written texts, which include implementation tips and an assessment of a target (transition) behavior.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-06-01
• Primary completion: 2025-06-01
• Completion: 2025-07-01
• First posted: 2024-03-12
• Last updated: 2024-10-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil