Evaluation of ACT Now GAIN Later

University College Dublin

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Child Behavior; Psychological Flexibility; Relationship, Parent Child; Self-efficacy; Well-Being, Psychological

Treatments: Other: Control Group; Behavioral: ACT Now GAIN Later

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06339333

RRECB0523EC

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this Randomised Control Trial is to evaluate a Psychologist Guided Self Help Video Parenting Programme based on principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

The main questions it aims to answer are:

Primary Objectives

1. Is ACT Now GAIN Later: a Psychologist Guided Self Help Video Parenting Programme based on principles of ACT effective in increasing parental psychological flexibility (measured by Psy-Flex, tool which measures psychological flexibility)? Please find attached.
2. Is ACT Now GAIN Later: a Psychologist Guided Self Help Video Parenting Programme based on principles of ACT effective in decreasing child challenging behaviour (measured by the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory)? Please find attached.

Secondary Objectives

1. Is ACT Now GAIN Later: an ACT based Parenting Programme, effective in improving parent-child relationships (measured by the Child-Parent Relationship Scale)? Please find attached.
2. Does ACT Now GAIN Later increase parental well-being as measured by (Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, Parenting Stress Index and Goal Based Outcome Tool)? Please find attached.
3. Does ACT Now GAIN Later increase parental self-efficacy (TOPSE and Parental Sense of Competence scale)? Please find attached.

Participants will complete a 7 week psychologist guided parenting intervention. Researchers will compare waitlist groups to see if there are differences in psychological flexibility, child behaviour, parent-child relationships, parental well-being or parental self-efficacy.

Enrollment: 150 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parents of children from the ages of 3-12 will be included in this study.
• Parents of children with challenging behavior.

Exclusion criteria

• Parents of children outside of the age range 3-12 years old
• Parents of children who do not have challenging behavior

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Sequential Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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150 participants in 2 patient groups

ACT Now GAIN Later

Experimental group

Description:

This group will receive a 7-week psychologist guided parenting intervention.

Treatment:

Behavioral: ACT Now GAIN Later

Waitlist Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

This group will receive pre and post measures but will not receive an intervention until after the final measures have been administered.

Treatment:

Other: Control Group