Shaping Neural Activity Through Parenting (SNAP)

Stony Brook University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Depression; Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02667522

R21MH108766-01A1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to test causal links between dimensions of positive and harsh parenting and children's brain responses to rewards and errors, using a parenting intervention.

Full description

Depression and anxiety are among the most frequently diagnosed psychological disorders, with persistent patterns of impairment evident from childhood through adulthood. Impaired functioning of core brain systems that respond to reward and errors may increase risk for depression and anxiety. Importantly, these neural risk markers for depression and anxiety appear to be shaped, at least in part, by environmental input. Problematic parenting is a key environmental factor involved in the intergenerational transmission of depression and anxiety. Low positive parenting is associated with blunted brain responses to reward and harsh parenting is associated with heightened brain responses to errors. This study uses an evidence-based parenting program to test causal links between dimensions of positive and harsh parenting and children's brain responses to rewards and errors. Participants will include 80 6- to 7-year-old children and their mothers who will be randomly assigned to participate in a parenting program (Parent Child Interaction Therapy: PCIT) or to a waitlist control group, and brain responses to rewards and errors will be assessed pre- and post-intervention.

Enrollment: 160 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 7 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Child is 6-7 years old
• Maternal history of anxiety or depression
• Maternal self-report of low positive/high harsh parenting

Exclusion criteria

• Child has developmental disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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160 participants in 2 patient groups

Parenting Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Parenting Intervention: Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)

Treatment:

Behavioral: Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)

Waitlist Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Waitlist Control Condition