Reducing Children's Racial Biases Via a Parent-Led Intervention

Racial Bias Clinical Trial

Official title:

Reducing Children's Racial Biases Via a Parent-Led Intervention

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Enrolling by invitation

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05807061
• Other study ID #: 2020-1026
• Secondary ID: 1R01HD106970-01A
• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 25, 2023
• Est. completion date: August 31, 2026

Study information

• Verified date: June 2024
• Source: University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to test a parent-led program for reducing children's racial biases in White families. The main question it aims to answer is: With training, can parents effectively address their children's racial biases? Parent will receive training and tools for addressing their children's racial biases. Researchers will study effects on both parents' and children's racial biases.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Enrollment: 648
• Est. completion date: August 31, 2026
• Est. primary completion date: August 31, 2026
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 5 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• The child is 5.00 to 7.99 years of age

• The child participant and their parent are both non-Hispanic White

Exclusion criteria are:

• Non-proficiency in English on the part of the parent or the child

• The parent is <18 years old

• The child or parent identifies with another racial/ethnic identity in addition to White

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Racial Bias

Intervention

Behavioral:
• EmBARK
The narrated training teaches parents about children's biases and introduces multiple strategies for addressing children's biases. Families receive children's books to help practice the strategies.
• Popular guidance
The popular press articles teach parents about children's biases and guide parents about how to talk to children about race. Families receive children's books focused on race to help practice talking about race.
• Practice first
Animal books are provided to parents to help them practice talking to their children when reading books. Then, families receive a training program about race as well as children's books about race.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Waisman Center at UW-Madison	Madison	Wisconsin

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Wisconsin, Madison	Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in Likelihood of Child's Racial Bias	Total possible range of scores from 1-5. Higher scores mean higher likelihood of bias.	Baseline, Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study)
Primary	Change in Concern about Children's Racial Bias	Total possible range of scores from 1-10. Higher scores indicate more concern.	Baseline, Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study)
Primary	Change in Concern about Own Child's Bias	Total possible range of scores from 1-10. Higher scores indicate more concern.	Baseline, Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study)
Primary	Change in Motivation to Regulate Children's Bias	Total possible range of scores from 1-10. Higher scores mean greater motivation.	Baseline, Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study)
Primary	Change in Self-Efficacy for Addressing Children's Bias	Total possible range of scores from 1-7. Higher scores mean greater self-efficacy.	Baseline, Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study)
Primary	Change in Intergroup Liking	Total possible range of scores is -12 to +12. Higher scores reflect more ingroup liking.	Baseline, Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study)
Primary	Change in Diversity Preference	Total possible range of scores is 0 to 4. Higher scores mean a greater preference for homogeneous groups.	Baseline, Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study)
Primary	Change in Reactions to Discrimination: Evaluation	Total possible range of scores is -6 to +6.	Baseline, Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study)
Primary	Change in Reactions to Discrimination: Confrontation	Participants can score 0 or 1, with the higher score reflecting confrontation.	Baseline, Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study)
Primary	Change in Predicting Parents' Attitudes	Total possible range of scores is -6 to +6.	Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study)