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Supporting Parent and Child Engagement

NCT04925258 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2025-07-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The COVID-19 pandemic and measures aimed at reducing the spread of the virus have created unique challenges and stresses for Canadian families. Balancing work, family, and daily life has become extremely difficult for many families. Economic uncertainty is widespread as many parents are dealing with increased demands such as working from home, running the household, and homeschooling and caring for their children without the support of their social networks. Recent findings from a study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young families conducted by our lab found that parents reported increased levels of stress, difficulties in following through with their parenting duties, and challenges managing their children's behaviour. Accessible programs are urgently needed to help parents cultivate supportive family relationships during and in recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic as physical distancing and public health requirements have further decreased the accessibility of existing programming. The proposed research aims to test the relative value of multiple light-touch parenting supports (developed through the REB-approved BRIDGE program, NCT04347707 and NCT04639557) in a 2-arm randomized control trial including behaviour management and emotion-focused strategies delivered through psychoeducational parenting videos, structured family activities, and an online parenting support group. The investigators plan to evaluate the efficacy of this program at reducing parenting stress (primary outcome) and promoting family well-being (secondary outcomes).

Conditions

  • Stress, Psychological
  • Parenting
  • Covid19

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

SPACE Parenting Program

The program involves a two-arm randomized trial of differing parenting interventions which include: a service as usual (SAU) cohort, in which parents are provided with local and online parenting and family mental health resources; An intervention group called SPACE that includes weekly parenting materials (i.e., two online \~10-minute videos, ten parent-child activities that were developed for the Building Regulation in Dual Generations (BRIDGE) Therapy program (NCT04347707 and NCT04639557) intervention group. Additionally, this group will receive weekly drop-in sessions with a facilitator-led (trained MA-level or higher psychology student or psychologist) interactive parenting group to re-enforce concepts and provide social support.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Manitoba

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Leslie E Roos, PhD · University of Manitoba

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
4 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-03-01
Primary Completion
2021-10-25
Completion
2025-02-04

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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