Adolescent Mental Health Parenting Program for Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement

NCT ID: NCT07303062

Last Updated: 2025-12-24

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2026-03-01

Study Completion Date

2027-03-01

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this research study is to learn if a parenting program called Adolescent Mental Health Parenting Program for Child Adult Relationship Enhancement (AMP-CARE) can help parents have more confidence in parenting their teen and improve their knowledge about normal teen development and teen mental health. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Does the AMP-CARE parenting program improve confidence in teen parenting and positive parenting?
* Does the AMP-CARE parenting program improve parent knowledge about mental health?

Researchers will compare participants who complete the parenting program to those who do not.

Participants will:

* Complete 2 surveys, one at the start of the study and one 6 -12 weeks later
* Half of the participants will be randomly picked to attend the 6 virtual AMP-CARE sessions right away.
* The other half will have the opportunity to attend AMP-CARE after they complete the second survey.

Detailed Description

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In this randomized controlled trial, 60 parents of teens, ages 11-14 years, will be randomized to either AMP-CARE or wait-list control to achieve the following aims:

AIM 1. To measure the impact of AMP-CARE on parent mental health literacy as measured by the Parental Child Mental Health Literacy Questionnaire (PCMHLQ).

AIM 2: To measure the impact of AMP-CARE on parenting self-efficacy as measured by the Parenting Self Efficacy Scale.

AIM 3: To measure the impact of AMP-CARE on promotive parenting practices assessed by the Positive Parenting and Parental Involvement subscales of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire.

Conditions

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Adolescent Behavior

Keywords

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teen parenting program teen mental health mental health stigma positive parenting parenting self-efficacy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Participants will be randomized to either intervention (AMP-CARE) or waitlist control
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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AMP-CARE

Parents will attend the 6 virtual sessions with a group of about 5-10 parents and 2 facilitators. The AMP-CARE group sessions are held for about 90 minutes once per week. Sessions include didactics, role playing, vignettes, and weekly home practice to build positive parenting techniques.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Adolescent Mental Health Parenting Program for Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (AMP-CARE)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The goals of AMP-CARE are to teach parents how to form a positive relationship with their teen and to teach about typical adolescent development and mental health. Each AMP-CARE session will be led by 1 or 2 trainers. About 4 to 13 parents will attend each virtual session lasting approximately 1.5 hours. Sessions will be weekly for 6 weeks. Participants are encouraged to practice the skills learned at AMP-CARE between the sessions.

Waitlist Control

Parents in the control group will be offered the intervention after completing the second study questionnaire.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Adolescent Mental Health Parenting Program for Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (AMP-CARE)

The goals of AMP-CARE are to teach parents how to form a positive relationship with their teen and to teach about typical adolescent development and mental health. Each AMP-CARE session will be led by 1 or 2 trainers. About 4 to 13 parents will attend each virtual session lasting approximately 1.5 hours. Sessions will be weekly for 6 weeks. Participants are encouraged to practice the skills learned at AMP-CARE between the sessions.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Parent or guardian of teen age 11-14 years
* Receiving primary care at selected study sites
* English speaking

Exclusion Criteria

* Parents of children with severe mental illness (indicated by psychiatric hospitalization in the last 12 months or previous diagnosis of psychosis)
* Parents of children with severe developmental delay (indicated by prior diagnosis of severe neurodevelopmental impairment, global developmental delay, severe expressive language delay)
* Not available at time group is scheduled
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Samantha Schilling, MD MSHP

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Yasamin Sanii, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Locations

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UNC Pediatrics at Panther Creek

Cary, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

UNC Children's Primary and Specialty Care at Carolina Pointe II

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Facility Contacts

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Priyanka Rao, MD

Role: primary

Katherine Jordan, MD

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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20-3652

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id