N/A Completed N=233 Randomized Single-blind Prevention

An Internet Based Adaptation of a Divorce Intervention Beginnings Program for Divorced Parents

Divorce

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05209932 ↗

Enrolled (actual)

233

Serious AEs

0.0%

Results posted

Jan 2023

Primary outcomePrimary: Children's Perception of Interparental Conflict Scale (Grych et al., 1992) -- Children Report Version — 1.30; 1.47 Score on the scale — p=0.02

Summary

This study is a two-armed randomized controlled trial of the eNew Beginnings Program (eNBP)'s effects on children's mental health problems as well as interparental conflict, parent-child relationship quality and effective discipline. The eNBP is an asynchronous, fully web-based program that was based on the in-person, group NBP, which has been found to strengthen parent-child relationship quality and effective discipline and reduce children's mental health problems in three randomized controlled trials of the NBP involving over 1,800 children. The investigators hypothesized that parents in the eNBP intervention condition would have less interparental conflict and higher parent-child relationship quality and effective discipline than those in the wait-list control condition. The investigators also expected the children whose parents were in the eNBP intervention condition would have fewer internalizing problems and externalizing problems and higher prosocial skills than those with parents in the wait-list control.

Outcome Measures

Outcome	Result	p-value
PRIMARY Children's Perception of Interparental Conflict Scale (Grych et al., 1992) -- Children Report Version	1.30; 1.47	0.02 sig
PRIMARY Children's Perception of Interparental Conflict Scale (Grych et al., 1992) -- Parent Report Version	1.15; 1.26	0.05
PRIMARY Children's Report of Parent Behavior Inventory -- Acceptance Subscale (Shaefer, 1965) -- Parent Report Version	4.67; 4.54	0.07
PRIMARY Children's Report of Parent Behavior Inventory -- Acceptance Subscale (Shaefer, 1965) -- Child Report Version	4.45; 4.29	0.17
PRIMARY Children's Report of Parent Behavior Inventory -- Rejection Subscale (Shaefer, 1965) -- Parent Report Version	1.41; 1.63	0.002 sig
PRIMARY Children's Report of Parent Behavior Inventory -- Rejection Subscale (Shaefer, 1965) -- Child Report Version	1.40; 1.62	0.03 sig
PRIMARY Children's Report of Parent Behavior Inventory -- Consistency Discipline Subscale (Shaefer, 1965) -- Parent Report Version	4.27; 4.05	0.01 sig
PRIMARY Children's Report of Parent Behavior Inventory -- Consistency Discipline Subscale (Shaefer, 1965) -- Child Report Version	4.46; 4.07	0.04 sig
PRIMARY Oregon Discipline Scale - Follow-Through (Oregon Social Learning Center, 1991) -- Parent Report Version	3.77; 3.55	0.02 sig
PRIMARY Oregon Discipline Scale - Follow-Through (Oregon Social Learning Center, 1991) -- Child Report Version	4.17; 3.77	0.002 sig
PRIMARY Child Monitoring Scale (Hetherington et al., 1992) -- Parent Report Version	4.71; 4.62	0.43
PRIMARY Child Monitoring Scale (Hetherington et al., 1992) -- Child Report Version	4.45; 4.23	0.12
PRIMARY Parent Adolescent Communication Scale (Barnes & Olson, 1985) -- Parent Report	4.53; 4.36	0.03 sig
PRIMARY Caught in the Middle Scale (Buchanan et al., 1991) -- Child Report	1.49; 1.55	0.63
PRIMARY Brief Problem Monitor -- Externalizing Subscale (Achenbach et al., 2011) -- Parent Report Version	54.72; 55.58	0.29
PRIMARY Brief Problem Monitor -- Externalizing Subscale (Achenbach et al., 2011) -- Child Report Version	52.61; 53.68	0.33
PRIMARY Brief Problem Monitor -- Internalizing Subscale (Achenbach et al., 2011) -- Parent Report Version	56.80; 59.72	0.005 sig
SECONDARY Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire -- Prosocial Subscale (Goodman, 2001) -- Parent Report Version	1.65; 1.59	0.42
SECONDARY Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire -- Prosocial Subscale (Goodman, 2001) -- Child Report Version	8.90; 8.89	0.97

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Parents divorced, divorcing or separated
Parents separated but never married
One or more children aged 6 to 18
Parents spoke English
Parents spend at least 3 hours a week with children or have one overnight every other week with their children
Parents have access to a computer with high speed internet access of a smart phone

Exclusion Criteria

Parents who do not meet all of the inclusion criteria

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