Parents as Friendship Coaches for Children With ADHD

University of British Columbia

Status: Completed

Conditions: ADHD

Treatments: Behavioral: Parental Friendship Coaching; Behavioral: Coping with ADHD through Relationships and Education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04086979

285413

Details and patient eligibility

About

Many children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have problems with making and keeping friends. The current study compared the efficacy of two 10-week behavioral interventions for improving the friendships of children with this disorder. Participants were children ages 6-11 with ADHD and their families, who were experiencing friendship problems. Outcome measures assessed friendship quality and friendship behaviors at baseline (pre-treatment), post-treatment, and 8-month follow-up.

Enrollment: 172 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 11 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children who meet diagnostic criteria for ADHD
• Children who are have peer relationship problems

Exclusion criteria

• Children with autism spectrum disorder, psychosis, or active suicidality (requires other interventions
• Children with intellectual disability (may not benefit from the interventions offered)
• Children who are not on a stable dose of medication (this treatment may affect outcome measures)
• Children who are receiving other behavioral treatment or treatment for social problems (these other treatments may affect outcome measures).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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172 participants in 2 patient groups

Parental Friendship Coaching (PFC)

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Parental Friendship Coaching

Coping with ADHD through Relationships and Education (CARE)

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Coping with ADHD through Relationships and Education