Family Relations Clinical Trial
— TPCOfficial title:
Testing the Effectiveness of Offering Relationship Skills Education Services With a Robust Economic Security Component to Low-income Couples Raising Children.
Verified date | April 2022 |
Source | Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Interventional |
The Parenting Center (TPC) offers the Empowering Families program, which integrates a relationship education curriculum (Family Wellness) into a comprehensive set of services that includes case management, employment services, and financial coaching. The evaluation will test the effectiveness of offering relationship skills education services with a robust economic security component to low-income couples raising children.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 1758 |
Est. completion date | December 2021 |
Est. primary completion date | December 2018 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | All |
Age group | 18 Years and older |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: (Necessary for eligibility) 1. age 18 or older 2. report that they are in a committed relationship with their partner 3. speak a language in which programming is being offered 4. be interested in participating in a program that offers both relationship skills and economic stability services 5. be available to participate in programming for the next six months; 6. pass a domestic violence screen 7. not have an open case with child protective services. 8. at least one member of the couple must have a biological or adopted child who is under age 18 and lives with them at least half time. Exclusion Criteria: - Ineligible if do not meet any of the above. |
Country | Name | City | State |
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United States | The Parenting Center | Fort Worth | Texas |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. |
United States,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Employed or taking steps to find a job | a binary variable equal to 1 if a respondent was ever employed at any time during the first year after study enrollment or indicates that in the past year he/she has done any of the following:
Created or updated a resume Looked for a job Submitted a job application Gone on a job interview |
1 year after random assignment | |
Primary | Monthly earnings | This continuous variable uses survey data and is based on average monthly earnings from all jobs in the first year following study enrollment. It will be analyzed separately for men and women. | 1 year after random assignment | |
Primary | Family economic hardship scale | This scale represents how many of six economic hardships the family experienced in the past year. | 1 year after random assignment | |
Primary | Quality of co-parenting relationship | This 10-item scale (a = 0.94) is the average level of agreement-from "strongly disagree" (= 1) to "strongly agree" (= 4)-with statements about the respondent's partner, constructed by averaging across partners' responses. | 1 year after random assignment | |
Primary | Couple married to each other | This is a binary variable equal to 1 if both partners report that they are married to each other | 1 year after random assignment | |
Primary | Couple married or romantically involved | This is a binary variable equal to 1 if both partners report that they are married to each other or in a romantic relationship with each other | 1 year after random assignment | |
Primary | Support and affection | This 12-item scale is the average level of agreement-from "strongly disagree" (= 1) to "strongly agree" (= 4)-with statements about the respondent's partner, constructed by averaging across partners' responses | 1 year after random assignment | |
Primary | Avoidance of destructive conflict behaviors | This eight-item scale (a = 0.92) is the average frequency-from "never" (= 1) to "often" (= 4)-that a respondent reports experiencing destructive conflict behaviors with his or her partner, constructed by averaging across partners' responses | 1 year after random assignment | |
Primary | Constructive conflict behaviors | This seven-item scale (a = 0.87) is the average frequency-from "never" (= 1) to "often" (= 4)-that a respondent reports experiencing constructive conflict behaviors with his or her partner, constructed by averaging across partners' responses | 1 year after random assignment | |
Primary | Relationship commitment | This continuous variable ranges from 0 to 10, with higher values indicating that both partners are more committed to their romantic relationship. The measure is the average across the two partners' responses. | 1 year after random assignment | |
Primary | Relationship happiness | This continuous variable ranges from 0 to 10, with higher values indicating that both partners report greater happiness with their romantic relationship. The measure is the average across the two partners' responses. | 1 year after random assignment |
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