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N/A N=880 Randomized Single-blind Prevention

Longitudinal Follow-up of Brief Parenting Interventions to Reduce Risk of Child Physical Maltreatment

Parenting · Child Behavior · Child Rearing

Enrolled (actual)
880
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Dec 2024
Primary outcome: Primary: Parent - Change From Baseline Frequency of Corporal Punishment Use at 3 Months and at Long-term Follow-up — -.32; -.27; -.17; -.69 score on a scale

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
N/A
Interventions
Triple P-Level 2 (Other); Play Nicely (Other); Usual care (Other)
Age
Pediatric, Adult, Older Adult · 2+ yrs
Sex
All
Sponsor
Tulane University
Primary completion
Nov 2022

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Parent - Change From Baseline Frequency of Corporal Punishment Use at 3 Months and at Long-term Follow-up
-.32; -.27; -.17; -.69; -.68; -.80
PRIMARY
Parent - Change From Baseline Attitudes Toward Use of Corporal Punishment at 3 Months and at Long-term Follow-up
-.86; -2.1; -.13; -1.8; -2.5; -1.9
SECONDARY
Parent - Child Discipline Practices
44.1; 44.1; 45; 45.1; 44.9; 44.7
SECONDARY
Child - Behavioral and Emotional Adjustment
21; 21.5; 20.8; 18.9; 20.6; 20.6
SECONDARY
Child - Externalizing, Internalizing, and Total Symptoms
51.1; 51.2; 51.3
SECONDARY
Parent Sensitivity
67.34; 68.43; 69.03; 72.75; 73.15; 70.68
SECONDARY
Child Social Involvement
46.16; 47.39; 47.27; 48.91; 50.18; 50.24
SECONDARY
Child Negative Emotionality
8.43; 8.01; 8.21; 10.13; 9.77; 9.76
SECONDARY
Dyadic Negative States
3.36; 3.16; 3.06; 3.41; 3.37; 3.58
SECONDARY
Dyadic Reciprocity
3.11; 3.41; 3.23; 3.01; 3; 3.01
SECONDARY
Parent Limit Setting
29.72; 29.69; 30.11; 27.24; 27.86; 26.64
SECONDARY
Child Compliance
14.87; 15.35; 15.19; 13.85; 14.24; 14.27
SECONDARY
Parent Baseline RSA
6.01; 5.85; 5.75
SECONDARY
Child Baseline RSA
7.01; 6.93; 7.00
SECONDARY
RSA Synchrony Challenge Task
SECONDARY
RSA Lead/Lag During Challenge Task
SECONDARY
Parent RSA During Challenge Task
5.65; 5.47; 5.45
SECONDARY
Child RSA During Challenge Task
6.73; 6.72; 6.63
SECONDARY
RSA Synchrony During Social Interaction Task
SECONDARY
RSA Lead/Lag During Social Interaction Task
SECONDARY
Parent RSA During Social Interaction Task
5.95; 5.76; 5.78
SECONDARY
Child RSA During Social Interaction Task
6.76; 6.62; 6.71
SECONDARY
Child - Cognitive Flexibility
89.9; 89.9; 88.8
SECONDARY
Child - Delay Time
SECONDARY
Child - Executive Function
91.85; 85.8; 90.3
SECONDARY
Child - Distraction Strategy
SECONDARY
Child - Distress Level

Summary

Universal and broad selective parenting education programs that improve parenting skills, increase parents' understanding of child development, and teach positive child discipline strategies can prevent use of corporal punishment and child physical maltreatment. The proposed research addresses this critical need by investigating brief, relatively low-resource intensive primary prevention parenting programs that can be disseminated widely. By reducing cumulative adverse childhood experiences, which include child physical maltreatment, these interventions are expected to reduce long-term health disparities and risks for major public health problems, such as violence, smoking, obesity, drug abuse, risky sexual behavior, mental health disorders, and heart disease, among others

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Adult participants must be:

  • Women
  • English-speaking
  • adults, age 18 or older
  • a parent of at least one child between 2 and 7 years of age
  • a primary caregiver of that child
  • able to return to WIC (or recruitment site) for follow-up 3 months later
  • available for up to 2 hours on date of recruitment to complete the baseline visit

Child participants:

  • must be the "index child" of the adult participant as indicated in the baseline interview
  • all genders eligible

Exclusion Criteria

  • anyone who does not meet the above inclusion criteria
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04059185). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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