NCT07006220

Project COPE-Spain (Coping Options for Parent Empowerment)

COPE-Spain: Project COPE (Coping Options for Parent Empowerment) Adapted for Parents With Adolescent Children in Spain

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 26 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this study trial is to establish the preliminary clinical utility of the COPE program (Coping Options for Parent Empowerment) adapted for caregivers of adolescents in the Spanish context. This program aims to improve parents' emotional well-being, enhance their parenting skills, and promote positive changes in their childrens' emotional and behavioral well-being. This study will adapt the COPE program for in-person group administration in the Spanish context, specifically in the school setting.

Detailed description

The research project, titled "COPE-Spain: Adapting Project COPE (Coping Options for Parent Empowerment) for Caregivers of Adolescents in the Spanish Context," aims to evaluate the preliminary clinical utility of Project COPE (Coping Options for Parent Empowerment). Project COPE was developed at the University of Miami, with Dr. Jill Ehrenreich-May as the Principal Investigator, and has been evaluated in several studies. This protocol consists of a brief, structured intervention delivered in four group sessions, designed to improve parents' emotional well-being, strengthen their emotional regulation skills, and foster a positive family environment. Initially, Project COPE was developed to help caregivers of children during the COVID-19 pandemic and was later administered to caregivers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The present study seeks to adapt Project COPE to be administered to caregivers of adolescents (instead of children) as an in-person group program implemented in the school setting.

Conditions

• Anxiety Symptoms
• Depressive Symptoms
• Parental Stress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	COPE Program	The COPE Program (Coping Options for Parent Empowerment) is a brief, structured, transdiagnostic intervention designed to enhance parents' emotional regulation skills, improve parenting strategies, and foster a positive family environment. The program consists of four in-person group sessions, each lasting 90 minutes, conducted over four consecutive weeks. Each session focuses on specific emotional regulation and parenting skills: Session 1: Understanding emotional responses and parenting strategies based on positive reinforcement, selective attention, and empathy. Session 2: Identifying family values, promoting healthy routines, and planning alternative parenting behaviors. Session 3: Practicing mindfulness techniques and modeling emotional regulation in the presence of children. Session 4: Addressing intolerance to uncertainty, cognitive distortions, and promoting healthy independence in adolescents.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-04-22
• Primary completion: 2025-07-31
• Completion: 2025-12-01
• First posted: 2025-06-05
• Last updated: 2025-08-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain