Adolescent Mental Health Parenting Program for Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Adolescent Mental Health Parenting Program for Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (AMP-CARE).
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Adolescent Behavior. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Evaluating the Impact of Adolescent Mental Health Parenting Program for Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (AMP-CARE)
Overview
The purpose of this research study is to learn if a parenting program called Adolescent Mental Health Parenting Program for Child Adult Relationship Enhancement (AMP-CARE) can help parents have more confidence in parenting their teen and improve their knowledge about normal teen development and teen mental health. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does the AMP-CARE parenting program improve confidence in teen parenting and positive parenting? * Does the AMP-CARE parenting program improve parent knowledge about mental health? Researchers will compare participants who complete the parenting program to those who do not. Participants will: * Complete 2 surveys, one at the start of the study and one 6 -12 weeks later * Half of the participants will be randomly picked to attend the 6 virtual AMP-CARE sessions right away. * The other half will have the opportunity to attend AMP-CARE after they complete the second survey.
Detailed description
In this randomized controlled trial, 60 parents of teens, ages 11-14 years, will be randomized to either AMP-CARE or wait-list control to achieve the following aims:
AIM 1. To measure the impact of AMP-CARE on parent mental health literacy as measured by the Parental Child Mental Health Literacy Questionnaire (PCMHLQ).
AIM 2: To measure the impact of AMP-CARE on parenting self-efficacy as measured by the Parenting Self Efficacy Scale.
AIM 3: To measure the impact of AMP-CARE on promotive parenting practices assessed by the Positive Parenting and Parental Involvement subscales of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire.
Interventions
- Behavioral Adolescent Mental Health Parenting Program for Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (AMP-CARE)
The goals of AMP-CARE are to teach parents how to form a positive relationship with their teen and to teach about typical adolescent development and mental health. Each AMP-CARE session will be led by 1 or 2 trainers. About 4 to 13 parents will attend each virtual session lasting approximately 1.5 hours. Sessions will be weekly for 6 weeks. Participants are encouraged to practice the skills learned at AMP-CARE between the sessions.
Primary outcome measures
- Parent Mental Health Literacy [Time frame: From enrollment to completion of AMP-CARE program or 6-12 weeks after enrollment.]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Parent Self Efficacy [Time frame: From enrollment to completion of AMP-CARE program or 6-12 weeks after enrollment.]
- Promotive Parenting Practices [Time frame: From enrollment to completion of AMP-CARE program or 6-12 weeks after enrollment.]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Parent or guardian of teen age 11-14 years
- Receiving primary care at selected study sites
- English speaking
Exclusion criteria
- Parents of children with severe mental illness (indicated by psychiatric hospitalization in the last 12 months or previous diagnosis of psychosis)
- Parents of children with severe developmental delay (indicated by prior diagnosis of severe neurodevelopmental impairment, global developmental delay, severe expressive language delay)
- Not available at time group is scheduled
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Double blind
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
United States · 2 centers
- UNC Pediatrics at Panther Creek — Cary
- UNC Children's Primary and Specialty Care at Carolina Pointe II — Chapel Hill
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07303062 · 20-3652