Promotion of Positive Sibling Relationships Clinical Trial
— SIBSOfficial title:
Innovative Family Prevention With Latino Siblings in Disadvantaged Settings
| Verified date | September 2023 |
| Source | Harvard University |
| Contact | n/a |
| Is FDA regulated | No |
| Health authority | |
| Study type | Interventional |
The current study is a randomized intervention trial that tests the efficacy of a family-focused sibling relationship promotion program. The study includes a treatment group and a contact-equivalent attention control condition with 288 sibling dyads and data collection with target parents, target sibling dyads, and teachers at three time points (pre-test, post-test, and 18-month follow-up). Data will be collected using a three-cohort design with 96 families in each of the three cohorts.
| Status | Active, not recruiting |
| Enrollment | 270 |
| Est. completion date | August 2024 |
| Est. primary completion date | August 2024 |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
| Gender | All |
| Age group | 5 Years and older |
| Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - Target child has to be a 5th grader - Target child has to be of Latino/Hispanic heritage - Target child has to have a younger sibling enrolled in the same school in the 1st through 4th grade - Target child and younger sibling have to be enrolled students in a participating elementary school. Exclusion Criteria: - Enrollment in a self-contained special education setting |
| Country | Name | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona State University | Tempe | Arizona |
| Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
|---|---|
| Harvard University |
United States,
Feinberg ME, Solmeyer AR, Hostetler ML, Sakuma KL, Jones D, McHale SM. Siblings are special: initial test of a new approach for preventing youth behavior problems. J Adolesc Health. 2013 Aug;53(2):166-73. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.10.004. Epub 2012 Nov 20. — View Citation
Updegraff KA, Umana-Taylor AJ, Rodriguez De Jesus SA, McHale SM, Feinberg MF, Kuo SI. Family-focused prevention with Latinos: What about sisters and brothers? J Fam Psychol. 2016 Aug;30(5):633-40. doi: 10.1037/fam0000200. Epub 2016 Apr 14. — View Citation
| Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | Parenting of Siblings Measure | The measure assesses parents' perceptions of three constructs: Parents' positive guidance, authoritarian control, and involvement (McHale et al., 2000; Updegraff et al., 2016). For each subscale, scores range from 1 to 5. Higher subscale scores indicate more positive guidance (i.e., better outcome), higher involvement (i.e., better outcome), and higher authoritarian control (i.e., worse outcome). Subscales are not combined into a total score. | 16 weeks | |
| Primary | Sibling Prosocial Behavior | The measure assesses parents' perceptions of one construct: Parents' ratings of children's supportive and prosocial behaviors (Stormshak, Bellanti, & Bierman, 1996; Updegraff et al., 2016).
Scores range from 1 to 6. Higher scores indicate parents' perceptions of target child's more prosocial behaviors toward their sibling (i.e., better outcome). |
16 weeks | |
| Primary | Sibling Intimacy | The measure assesses siblings' ratings of intimacy/emotional support (Blyth & Foster-Clark, 1987). Scores range from 1 to 5. Higher scores indicate target child's perceptions of higher sibling intimacy and closeness (i.e., better outcome). | 16 weeks | |
| Primary | Sibling Relationship Inventory: Negativity Subscale | The measure assesses parents' ratings of sibling conflict and negativity (Stocker & McHale, 1992). Scores range from 1 to 5. Higher scores indicate parents' perceptions of target child's greater negativity toward their sibling (i.e., worse outcome). | 16 weeks | |
| Primary | Sibling Relationship Inventory: Negativity Subscale | The measure assesses children's ratings of sibling conflict and negativity (Furman & Buhrmester, 1985). Scores range from 1 to 5. Higher scores indicate target child's perceptions of higher sibling conflict and negativity (i.e., worse outcome). | 16 weeks | |
| Secondary | Self-efficacy Measure | This measure assesses children's ratings of two constructs: social self-efficacy and emotional self-efficacy (Muris, 2001). For each subscale, scores range from 1 to 5. Higher subscale scores indicate greater social self-efficacy (i.e., better outcome) and greater emotional self-efficacy (i.e., better outcome). Subscales are not combined into a total score. | 16 weeks | |
| Secondary | Children's Depression Inventory | This measure assesses children's ratings of their depressive symptoms (Kovacs, 1985). Items are scored on a scale from 0 to 2, and higher scores indicate greater depressive symptoms (i.e., worse outcome). If mean scores are used, scores range from 0 to 2. If sum scores are used, scores range from 0 to 52. | 16 weeks | |
| Secondary | Behavior Problem Index | This measure assesses parents' perceptions of children's social emotional functioning in 6 domains (i.e., antisocial, anxious/depressed, headstrong, hyperactive, dependency, peer conflict; Peterson & Zill, 1986). For all scales, items are scored on a scale from 1 to 3. For each subcale, higher scores indicate higher problem behavior in the domain (i.e., worse outcome). Mean scores are created for each subscale, and a total mean score is created across all domains - in all cases, higher scores indicate worse outcomes. | 16 weeks | |
| Secondary | Center for Epidemiological Depression Scale | The CES-D (Radloff, 1977) assesses parents' depressive symptoms. Items are scored on a scale from 0 to 3, and higher scores indicate greater depressive symptoms (i.e., worse outcome). No subscales are created. If mean scores are used, scores range from 0 to 3. If sum scores are used, scores range from 0 to 60. | 16 weeks | |
| Secondary | Parenting Stress Index | This measure assesses parents' perceptions of parental stress and includes two subscales: parental distress and dysfunctional interaction (Abidin, 1995). Items for each subscale are scored on a scale from 1 to 5. Mean scores can be created for each subscale, and higher scores indicate higher levels of distress (i.e., worse outcome) and higher dysfunctional interaction (i.e., worse outcome). A total scale score can be created across all items and higher scores indicate higher parenting stress (i.e., worse outcome). | 16 weeks | |
| Secondary | Children's Reports of Parental Behavior Inventory - Parent-Child Warmth | This measure assesses parent and child's report of parent-child warmth (Schaefer, 1965). Items are scored on a scale of 1 to 5. Items are average and higher scores indicate greater perceptions of parent-child warmth (i.e., better outcome). | 16 weeks | |
| Secondary | Children's Reports of Parental Behavior Inventory - Harsh Discipline | This measure assesses parent's reports of harsh discipline (Schaefer, 1965). Items are scored on a scale of 1 to 5. Items are average and higher scores indicate greater perceptions of harsh discipline (i.e., worse outcome). | 16 weeks | |
| Secondary | Parent-Child Conflict measure | This measure assesses parents' perceptions of parent-child conflict (Smetana, 1988). Items are scored on a scale from 1 to 6. Average scores are created and higher values indicate greater parent-child conflict (i.e., worse outcome). | 16 weeks | |
| Secondary | Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales II | This measure assesses parents' perceptions of family cohesion (Olson, Portner, & Bell, 1982). Items are scored on a scale from 1 to 5. An average score is created and higher scores indicate greater family cohesion (i.e., better outcome). | 16 weeks |