Effectiveness of a Parent Training Program for Parents of Children Adopted Internationally
NCT ID: NCT00816621
Last Updated: 2021-06-02
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
220 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2009-01-31
2021-03-20
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Participation in this study will begin when the child participant is between 12 and 20 months old, and it will end when the child is 4 years old. Participants, who will include parents and their adopted child, will meet with the study researchers 3 times before receiving the training program intervention, twice in their home and once at the research site. During these visits, the background and medical history of the child participant will be reviewed. Participants will then be randomly assigned to receive 1 of 2 parent training programs: ABC-I or Developmental Education for Families (DEF). Both programs will involve 10 weekly sessions, each lasting 60 to 90 minutes and occurring in the parents' homes. The DEF training program will focus on enhancing the intellectual and language development of the child participant, but it will not train parents to pay attention to and interpret their children's cues. The ABC-I training program will involve videotaping parents while they interact with their children, reviewing the videotapes, discussing strategies for interacting with children, and completing homework assignments.
Participants will undergo assessments before and after the training programs and at follow-up visits when each child turns 2, 3, and 4 years old. Assessments will be made of sensitivity in parents and of inattention, inhibitory control, attachment quality, and cortisol production in children. Parent sensitivity will be measured by observing parent-child interactions and coding them according to a pre-existing scale. Child inattention and inhibitory control will be measured through observing each child's behaviors on various structured tasks, such as watching a video with a distracter present or being told to wait to open a wrapped gift. Attachment will be measured through observation of child behavior and through parent ratings and diaries. Cortisol production will be measured through a saliva sample, collected via cotton swab. When children are 4 years old, they will also be evaluated for diagnosable behavioral disorders. For a subset of children, cheek swabs will be collected at age 5-6 for the assessment of telomere length.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
QUADRUPLE
Study Groups
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ABC for Children Adopted Internationally
ABC for Children Adopted Internationally: 10 session in home intervention that targets parent nurturance, synchrony, pseudo-autistic behaviors, and indiscriminate sociability
ABC for Children Adopted Internationally
Participants will participate in 10 weekly in-home intervention sessions aimed at enhancing the ability of children to regulate their attention, behavior, and physiology and to develop secure, organized attachments to their parents.
DEF for Children Adopted Internationally
DEF for Children Adopted Internationally: 10 session in home intervention that targets cognitive and motor delays
DEF for Children Adopted Internationally
Participants will participate in 10 weekly in-home intervention sessions aimed at enhancing the intellectual and language development of children.
Interventions
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ABC for Children Adopted Internationally
Participants will participate in 10 weekly in-home intervention sessions aimed at enhancing the ability of children to regulate their attention, behavior, and physiology and to develop secure, organized attachments to their parents.
DEF for Children Adopted Internationally
Participants will participate in 10 weekly in-home intervention sessions aimed at enhancing the intellectual and language development of children.
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
12 Months
36 Months
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
NIH
University of Delaware
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Mary Dozier
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigators
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Mary Dozier, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Delaware
Locations
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University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware, United States
Countries
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References
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Yarger HA, Lind T, Raby KL, Zajac L, Wallin A, Dozier M. Intervening With Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up to Reduce Behavior Problems Among Children Adopted Internationally: Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Trial. Child Maltreat. 2022 Aug;27(3):478-489. doi: 10.1177/10775595211010975. Epub 2021 Apr 22.
Lind T, Lee Raby K, Goldstein A, Bernard K, Caron EB, Yarger HA, Wallin A, Dozier M. Improving social-emotional competence in internationally adopted children with the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up intervention. Dev Psychopathol. 2021 Aug;33(3):957-969. doi: 10.1017/S0954579420000255.
Yarger HA, Bernard K, Caron EB, Wallin A, Dozier M. Enhancing Parenting Quality for Young Children Adopted Internationally: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2020 May-Jun;49(3):378-390. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2018.1547972. Epub 2019 Jan 16.
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