Trial of Transition to Parenthood Program for Couples

NCT ID: NCT01907412

Last Updated: 2024-06-18

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1200 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-06-30

Study Completion Date

2026-12-31

Brief Summary

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This is a research study to evaluate the effectiveness of the Family Foundations program and to better understand how families cope with having a new baby. The research questions include: What is the effectiveness of the Family Foundations program? How do families cope with having a new baby?

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Parent-Child Relations

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Control Group

Couples in the Control group did not receive the Family Foundations Coparenting Program.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Intervention Group

Couples randomly assigned to the Intervention Group received the Family Foundations Coparenting Program.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Family Foundations Coparenting Program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Expecting first child
* Couple living together and planning to raise child together
* 18 years or older

Exclusion Criteria

* not first child
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Penn State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Mark Feinberg

Research professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Penn State University, Prevention Research Center

University Park, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

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.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 39818869 (View on PubMed)

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.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38408496 (View on PubMed)

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.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37625684 (View on PubMed)

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.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26194453 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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R01HD058529-02

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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