Reliabilty and Validity of a Diagnostic Interview for Parents of Babies and Preescholers

NCT ID: NCT05153109

Last Updated: 2025-05-30

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

156 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-11-15

Study Completion Date

2023-11-27

Brief Summary

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The Kleinkind-DIPS (Diagnostisches Interview bei psychischen Störungen für Kleinkinder) is a structured interview to assess a variety of the most frequent psychological problems in babies and preschoolers, e.g. feeding or sleeping problems, anxiety disorders. It is administered by a trained clinician with one of the primary carers. In this study, its acceptance, reliability and validity will be tested in a clinical and non-clinical sample.

Detailed Description

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The Kleinkind- DIPS (Diagnostisches Interview bei psychischen Störungen für Kleinkinder) is a structured interview to assess a variety of the most frequent psychological of the most frequent psychological problems in babies and preschoolers, e.g. feeding or sleeping problems, anxiety disorders. It is administered by a trained clinician with one of the primary carers. In this study, its acceptance, reliability and validity will be tested in a clinical and non-clinical sample. Parts of the interview are adapted from the Kinder-DIPS, for which information on acceptance, reliability and validity are available. The aim of the present study is to test the interviews acceptance, reliability and validity in both a clinical and a non-clinical sample.

Conditions

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Psychological Disease

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

FAMILY_BASED

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Community sample

Participants will be recruited from families in Bochum who take part in experiments and studies at the department of delevopmental psychology at the Ruhr-University. The department of developmental psychology organizes a panel every year inviting all parents of newborn babies in Bochum to register if they want to participate in research.

No interventions assigned to this group

Clinical sample

Participants will be recruited from families in Bochum and Munich who seek treatment in the outpatient treatment centers at both sites. Both study sites offer special counselling for parents who experience difficulties with a child from zero to five years of age.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

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Minimum Eligible Age

0 Months

Maximum Eligible Age

71 Months

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Ruhr University of Bochum

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Ruth von Brachel

Principal Invertigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Silvia Schneider, Phd

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Ruhr University of Bochum

Locations

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Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Site Status

Ruhr-University

Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Site Status

Countries

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Germany

Other Identifiers

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553

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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