N/A Completed N=390 Randomized Double-blind Prevention

Study of an Online Program to Help Parents Talk With Their Tween Children About Health, Gender, Body-Image, and Relationships

Parenting · Parent-Child Relations · Communication

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06408818 ↗

Enrolled (actual)

390

Serious AEs

0.0%

Results posted

Jul 2025

Primary outcomePrimary: Change From Pretest in Child Report of Frequency of Parent-child Communication — 2.18; 2.20 score on a scale — p=0.69

Summary

The goal of this study is to learn if Media Aware Parent - Tween, an online program for parents of children ages 9-12, helps parents have effective conversations with their child about health and media.

Outcome Measures

Outcome	Result	p-value
PRIMARY Change From Pretest in Child Report of Frequency of Parent-child Communication	2.18; 2.20	0.69
PRIMARY Change From Pretest in Parent Report of Frequency of Parent-child Communication	2.42; 2.37	0.33
PRIMARY Change From Pretest in Child Report of General Parent-child Communication Quality	2.97; 3.02	0.46
PRIMARY Change From Pretest in Parent Report of General Parent-child Communication Quality	3.08; 3.12	0.46
PRIMARY Change From Pretest in Child Report of Active Parental Media Mediation	3.46; 3.69	0.20
PRIMARY Change From Pretest in Parent Report of Active Parental Media Mediation	4.17; 4.04	0.22
PRIMARY Change From Pretest in Child Report of Parental Restrictive Media Mediation	3.70; 3.57	0.48
PRIMARY Change From Pretest in Parent Report of Parental Restrictive Media Mediation	3.88; 3.81	0.69
PRIMARY Change From Pretest in Child Report of Awareness of Family Media Rules	81.96; 90.72	0.22
PRIMARY Change From Pretest in Parent Report of Awareness of Family Media Rules	89.88; 92.89	0.57
PRIMARY Change From Pretest in Child Report of Acceptance of Gender Stereotypical Roles	1.86; 1.77	0.42
PRIMARY Change From Pretest in Child Report of Attitudes Toward Puberty	2.97; 3.07	0.45
PRIMARY Change From Pretest in Child Report of Body-esteem	3.32; 3.42	0.39

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

The adult must be the legal guardian of a child ages 9 to 12 years old.
The parent must be able and willing to receive email and text communication as part of the study.
The parent-child pair must have access to a smartphone with internet connection as the resource review will be completed online in a format that is best viewed on a smartphone.
The parent-child pair must be fluent in English as the study materials are written in English.
The parent must indicate that they will give the child participant privacy to complete the questionnaires.
Both the adult and child must agree to participate.

Exclusion Criteria

Only one parent-child pair per family may participate in the study. If the parent has more than one child aged 9 to 12 that is willing to participate, the parent will be prompted to select the child participant based on the following: if the parent's last name begins with a letter from A to M, select the youngest eligible child willing to participate or if the parent's last name begins with a letter from N to Z, select the oldest eligible child willing to participate.
In an effort to ensure diversity in parent gender and race/ethnicity, not all eligible pairs who are interested in participating will be enrolled in the study.

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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06408818). 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. Informational only — not medical advice.