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Basic Information
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ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
NA
1200 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2008-06-30
2026-12-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Control Group
Couples in the Control group did not receive the Family Foundations Coparenting Program.
No interventions assigned to this group
Intervention Group
Couples randomly assigned to the Intervention Group received the Family Foundations Coparenting Program.
Family Foundations Coparenting Program
Family Foundations, a program for adult couples expecting their first child, is designed to help them establish positive parenting skills and adjust to the physical, social, and emotional challenges of parenthood. Program topics include coping with postpartum depression and stress, creating a caring environment, and developing the child's social and emotional competence.
Family Foundations is delivered to groups of couples through four prenatal and four postnatal classes of 2 hours each. Prenatal classes are started during the fifth or sixth month of pregnancy, and the postnatal classes end when the children are 6 months old.
Family Foundations is delivered in a community setting by childbirth educators who have received 3 days of training from Family Foundations staff.
Interventions
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Family Foundations Coparenting Program
Family Foundations, a program for adult couples expecting their first child, is designed to help them establish positive parenting skills and adjust to the physical, social, and emotional challenges of parenthood. Program topics include coping with postpartum depression and stress, creating a caring environment, and developing the child's social and emotional competence.
Family Foundations is delivered to groups of couples through four prenatal and four postnatal classes of 2 hours each. Prenatal classes are started during the fifth or sixth month of pregnancy, and the postnatal classes end when the children are 6 months old.
Family Foundations is delivered in a community setting by childbirth educators who have received 3 days of training from Family Foundations staff.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Couple living together and planning to raise child together
* 18 years or older
Exclusion Criteria
18 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Penn State University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Mark Feinberg
Research professor
Locations
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Penn State University, Prevention Research Center
University Park, Pennsylvania, United States
Countries
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References
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Aytuglu A, Graham-Engeland JE, Feinberg ME, Jones DE, Schreier HMC. Child sleep problems mediate prospective associations between fathers' parenting stress and child blood glucose levels. J Fam Psychol. 2025 Mar;39(2):277-283. doi: 10.1037/fam0001306. Epub 2025 Jan 16.
Schreier HMC, Feinberg ME, Jones DE, Ganguli A, Givens C, Graham-Engeland J. Children's empathy moderates the association between perceived interparental conflict and child health. Brain Behav Immun. 2024 May;118:128-135. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2024.02.022. Epub 2024 Feb 24.
Jones EJ, Feinberg ME, Graham-Engeland JE, Jones DE, Schreier HMC. A perinatal coparenting intervention: Effects of a randomized trial on parent cardiometabolic risk and self-reported health. Biol Psychol. 2023 Oct;183:108664. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108664. Epub 2023 Aug 23.
Feinberg ME, Jones DE, Roettger ME, Hostetler ML, Sakuma KL, Paul IM, Ehrenthal DB. Preventive Effects on Birth Outcomes: Buffering Impact of Maternal Stress, Depression, and Anxiety. Matern Child Health J. 2016 Jan;20(1):56-65. doi: 10.1007/s10995-015-1801-3.
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