Family Mediation Program For At-Risk Youth

NCT ID: NCT01944748

Last Updated: 2016-04-06

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

111 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-07-31

Study Completion Date

2016-04-30

Brief Summary

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The goal of this project is to conduct a pilot evaluation of a parent-child mediation program for at-risk youth. It is investigating whether families who receive parent-child mediation show greater improvement in family functioning, as well as adolescent substance use, academic performance, and delinquency, over a 6-week and 12-week period compared to a wait-list control sample.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Family Functioning

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Family Mediation

Families receive FARS family mediation program after completing baseline survey.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Families Able To Resolve Situations (FARS)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Family mediation is a method of resolving conflicts between parents and teens. During the mediation session, the parent and teen each meet one-on-one with a trained volunteer mediator, who is a neutral person who listens to each party's concerns without taking sides. Then the parent and teen come together and meet with this mediator to work on resolving conflicts they are having. Families participate in up to 3 mediation sessions.

Wait-list control

Families receive FARS family mediation program after completing baseline, 6-week and 12-week surveys.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Families Able To Resolve Situations (FARS)

Family mediation is a method of resolving conflicts between parents and teens. During the mediation session, the parent and teen each meet one-on-one with a trained volunteer mediator, who is a neutral person who listens to each party's concerns without taking sides. Then the parent and teen come together and meet with this mediator to work on resolving conflicts they are having. Families participate in up to 3 mediation sessions.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Has a child referred to FARS due to having problems in any of the following areas: (a) poor grades; (b) truancy; (c) defiant behavior; (d) running away; (e) delinquency; (f) substance use
2. Agrees to participate in at least one FARS mediation session
3. Agrees to complete 3 surveys and be available over the next 3 months for follow-up
4. Fluent in English or Spanish

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Exclusion Criteria

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Minimum Eligible Age

12 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

19 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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RAND

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Joan S. Tucker, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

RAND

Locations

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Centinela Youth Services

Hawthorne, California, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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R34DA031910

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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