Evaluation of the Comprehensive Family Support Program (PAIF)

Parenting Clinical Trial

Official title:

Evaluation of the Comprehensive Family Support Program (PAIF)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06285552
• Other study ID #: 4792/0842
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 20, 2024
• Est. completion date: July 2026

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: University of Seville
• Contact: Victoria Hidalgo García
• Phone: 0034954554332
• Email: victoria[@]us.es
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of positive parenting programs targeted to parents of toddlers, children and adolescents carried out in Cantabria (Spain).

We will collect information from the participants before the intervention, in the last session of the program and some months after, to verify if there have been some changes in the family dynamics of these parents, and if these changes continue after some time. Besides, we will compare these results with information from other families that are not taking part in the program. The main caregivers of the participating families and the practitioners in charge of the intervention will provide the information for the study.

We expect that families participating in the programs will improve their parenting competencies and their family dynamics, and that these change will stay after the program.

Description:

A quasi-experimental design will be followed, with three evaluation moments (pretest, posttest and follow-up) and with a non-randomized comparison group.

The positive parenting programs will be advertised by social media, schools and high schools. The participants will be parental figures interested in joining these programs.

The participants will answer a series of questionnaires by an app, where they will give information related to sociodemographic data and parenting competencies. The app will not allow the participants to leave any question with no answer or with an incorrect answer.

To analyze the data, we will use the softwares Mplus and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 300
• Est. completion date: July 2026
• Est. primary completion date: July 2026
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being caregiver of at least one child under 18 years of age

• The child to be in the developmental stage appropriate for the corresponding arm

• If participating in a targeted program, meet the requirements: (1) be a father; (2) presenting bad health habits in the family according the evaluation of the pediatrician

• Motivated to improve parenting competences

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not having sufficient command of the Spanish language to be able to communicate

• Experience family crisis that prevent for participating in a group intervention

• Experience mental health issue that prevent for participating in a group intervention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Parenting

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Positive parenting PAIF program
Psychoeducational intervention in a group format driven by a practitioner with 6 to 12 sessions where caregivers learn parenting competences

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Consejería de Inclusión Social, Juventud, Familias E Igualdad	Santander	Cantabria

Sponsors (4)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Seville	Gobierno de Cantabria, Loyola University, University of Jaen

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

References & Publications (5)

Hamilton, V., Matthews, J. & Crawford, S. (2015). Development and preliminary validation of a parenting self-regulation scale: "Me as a Parent". Journal of Child & Family Studies. 24(10), 2853-2864. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-014-0089-z

Larsen DL, Attkisson CC, Hargreaves WA, Nguyen TD. Assessment of client/patient satisfaction: development of a general scale. Eval Program Plann. 1979;2(3):197-207. doi: 10.1016/0149-7189(79)90094-6. No abstract available. — View Citation

Ramon B. Zabriskie & Peter J. Ward (2013) Satisfaction With Family Life Scale, Marriage & Family Review, 49:5, 446-463, DOI: 10.1080/01494929.2013.768321

Reitman D, Currier RO, Hupp SD, Rhode PC, Murphy MA, O'Callaghan PM. Psychometric characteristics of the Parenting Scale in a head start population. J Clin Child Psychol. 2001 Dec;30(4):514-24. doi: 10.1207/S15374424JCCP3004_08. — View Citation

Robinson, C. C., Mandleco, B., Olsen, S. F., & Hart, C. H. (1995). Authoritative, Authoritarian, and Permissive Parenting Practices: Development of a New Measure. Psychological Reports, 77(3), 819-830. https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1995.77.3.819

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Perception of the parental role	Me as a Parent Scale (MaaP), rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 5. Higher scores mean a better outcome.	Pretest, immediately posttest and 6 month follow-up
Primary	Parenting practices (Authoritative parenting style: Warmth and Support, Reasoning/Induction, Democratic Participation)	Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire - Short version (PSDQ-Short version), rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 5. Higher scores mean a better outcome.	Pretest, immediately posttest and 6 month follow-up
Primary	Parenting practices (Overreactivity and Laxness)	Parenting Scale - Short version (PS), rated on a 7-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 7. Higher scores mean a worse outcome.	Pretest, immediately posttest and 6 month follow-up
Secondary	Satisfaction with the intervention	Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-4), rated on a 4-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 4. Higher scores mean a better outcome.	Immediately Posttest
Secondary	Children adjustment	Kidscreen-10, rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 5. Higher scores mean a better outcome.	Pretest, immediately posttest and 6 month follow-up
Secondary	Social support	Ad hoc questionnaire, with 3 items rated on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 = Nothing to 4 = A lot ("I feel supported as a father/mother). Higher scores mean a better outcome.	Pretest, immediately posttest and 6 month follow-up
Secondary	Satisfaction with Family Life	Satisfaction with Family Life Scale (SWFLS), rated on a 7-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 7. Higher scores mean a better outcome.	Pretest, posttest and follow-up

External Links

•   Website of the instrument Kidscreen-10