ParentingSAPNCT04440657
Self-assured Parents - a Parenting Support Program for Immigrant Parents With Teenage Children Living in Deprived Areas
A study testing Self-Assured Parenting program in people with Parenting and Parent-Child Relations, run by University West, Sweden at 1 site in Sweden.
Trial summary
Parents have the primary responsibility for child socialization and development, but not all parents have the same possibilities to promote their children's positive development. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Any age, women onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Parenting, Parent-Child Relations, Adolescent Behavior
- What is being tested?
- Self-Assured Parenting program
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 16 participants
- Where
- 1 siteSweden
- Study dates
- 17 Mar 2021to 30 Jun 2024
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages Any age
- Women only
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- parents of adolescent Children
- immigrant background
Who cannot join
- parents of younger Children
- Swedish background
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Parents have the primary responsibility for child socialization and development, but not all parents have the same possibilities to promote their children's positive development. Immigrant parents living in deprived areas often worry about their children's safety and future, at the same time as they have difficulties facilitating the best development potential for their children. Social services can help parents and their children to attain more promising developmental outcomes through focus on early preventive parenting support efforts, but these efforts need to be culturally tailored for the best possible results. For this reason, social services in the municipality of Örebro developed a culturally sensitive parenting support program aimed at immigrant parents living in deprived areas, who are worried that their children (age 12-18) engage in or will be exposed to harmful environments.
The Self-Assured Parenting Program (SAP) offers support to these parents by building on protective factors and strengthening parents in their parenting through focus on parenting competence and parent-child communication.
The purpose of SAP is to increase parents' self-confidence and communication between parents and their teenagers as well as to reduce parents' worries through activities that have a clear focus on empowerment and knowledge of child development. This multi-design project aims to test the implementation and effect of TF in Örebro and other Swedish municipalities with similar problems through observation, interviews with parents and groupleaders/managers as well as longitudinal effect measurements of parenting competence, parent-child communication and worries about their children's psychosocial development. This project will allow a partnership between social workers and researchers to be formed in order to generate practice-based evidence about implementation of support to deprived parents, which can be used in the context of everyday social service practice.
- Conditions
- Parenting, Parent-Child Relations, Adolescent Behavior
- Being tested
- Self-Assured Parenting program
- Medical subject headings
- Adolescent Behavior
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Self-Assured Parenting programBehavioural
Parents will receive parenting education for 10 weeks
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Immigrant parents | Experimental | All enrolled parents will be included in the parenting program Receives: Behavioral: Self-Assured Parenting program |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Change in Parent-child communication
Parent-child communication (Kerr \& Stattin, 2000) will be assessed at 7 time points using an instrument with 22 questions measuring 1) Parent knowledge of child whereabouts (6 items) (e.g. "Do you know what places the child visits when he/she is out with his friends in the evenings?") 2) Parent control (5 items) (e.g. "Does the child need permission to stay out late on a weekday evening?") 3) Parent solicitation (6 questions) (e.g. "Do you ask the child to tell you about things that happen in his/her spare time?") and C hild Disclosure (5 items) (e.g. "When the child has been out one evening, does he/she want to tell you about what she/he has done?"). A 5-point Likert scale (1 - almost never to 5 - very often) will be used.
Measured: 6 months
Change in Parents' worries
Parents' worries (Van Zalk et al., 2018) about their children will be assessed at 7 time points on a scale comprising six questions (e.g. "Are you worried that your child will get caught by the police?") answered on a 5-point Likert scale (1 - yes, always to 5 - no, never).
Measured: 6 months
Change in Parental Self-efficacy
Parental self-efficacy will be assessed at 7 time points by the Parenting Sense of Competence in Parenting Scale (PSOC , Gilmore
\& C uskelly, 2009; Osman, 2017). The scale has subscales measuring satisfaction in parenting (9 items) (e.g.
"Although parenting can be rewarding, I am frustrated now that the child is the age he/she is") and parental selfefficacy (7 items) (e.g. " I think I have what it takes to be a good parent to my child"). Answers are provided on 6-point Likert scales (1 - fully agree to 6 - completely disagree).
Measured: 6 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted19 Jun 2020
- Study start17 Mar 2021
- Primary completion30 Jun 2024 (estimated)
- Study completion30 Jun 2024 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for ParentingStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 16 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University West, Sweden
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Göteborg University, Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04440657
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 2020-01349
- Acronym
- SAP
- Status last verified
- Dec 2023
- First submitted
- 9 Jun 2020
- Last updated
- 20 Mar 2024
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 20 Mar 2024. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Self-assured Parents - a Parenting Support Program for Immigrant Parents With Teenage Children Living in Deprived Areas
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04440657
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- SAP / 2020-01349
- Conditions
- Parenting, Parent-Child Relations, Adolescent Behavior
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 16 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University West, SwedenUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Göteborg University, Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research
- Study start
- 17 Mar 2021 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Jun 2024 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 30 Jun 2024 (estimated)
- First posted
- 19 Jun 2020 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Parents have the primary responsibility for child socialization and development, but not all parents have the same possibilities to promote their children's positive development. Immigrant parents living in deprived areas often worry about their children's safety and future, at the same time as they have difficulties facilitating the best development potential for their children. Social services can help parents and their children to attain more promising developmental outcomes through focus on early preventive parenting support efforts, but these efforts need to be culturally tailored for the best possible results. For this reason, social services in the municipality of Örebro developed a culturally sensitive parenting support program aimed at immigrant parents living in deprived areas, who are worried that their children (age 12-18) engage in or will be exposed to harmful environments.
The Self-Assured Parenting Program (SAP) offers support to these parents by building on protective factors and strengthening parents in their parenting through focus on parenting competence and parent-child communication.
The purpose of SAP is to increase parents' self-confidence and communication between parents and their teenagers as well as to reduce parents' worries through activities that have a clear focus on empowerment and knowledge of child development. This multi-design project aims to test the implementation and effect of TF in Örebro and other Swedish municipalities with similar problems through observation, interviews with parents and groupleaders/managers as well as longitudinal effect measurements of parenting competence, parent-child communication and worries about their children's psychosocial development. This project will allow a partnership between social workers and researchers to be formed in order to generate practice-based evidence about implementation of support to deprived parents, which can be used in the context of everyday social service practice.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Immigrant parents | Experimental | Behavioral: Self-Assured Parenting programAll enrolled parents will be included in the parenting program |
Who may qualify
- Sex
- Female only
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (2 listed)
- parents of adolescent Children
- immigrant background
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- parents of younger Children
- Swedish background
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Self-Assured Parenting programParents will receive parenting education for 10 weeks | Behavioural | Immigrant parents |
Primary outcome
Change in Parent-child communication
Time frame: 6 months
Parent-child communication (Kerr \& Stattin, 2000) will be assessed at 7 time points using an instrument with 22 questions measuring 1) Parent knowledge of child whereabouts (6 items) (e.g. "Do you know what places the child visits when he/she is out with his friends in the evenings?") 2) Parent control (5 items) (e.g. "Does the child need permission to stay out late on a weekday evening?") 3) Parent solicitation (6 questions) (e.g. "Do you ask the child to tell you about things that happen in his/her spare time?") and C hild Disclosure (5 items) (e.g. "When the child has been out one evening, does he/she want to tell you about what she/he has done?"). A 5-point Likert scale (1 - almost never to 5 - very often) will be used.
Change in Parents' worries
Time frame: 6 months
Parents' worries (Van Zalk et al., 2018) about their children will be assessed at 7 time points on a scale comprising six questions (e.g. "Are you worried that your child will get caught by the police?") answered on a 5-point Likert scale (1 - yes, always to 5 - no, never).
Change in Parental Self-efficacy
Time frame: 6 months
Parental self-efficacy will be assessed at 7 time points by the Parenting Sense of Competence in Parenting Scale (PSOC , Gilmore \& C uskelly, 2009; Osman, 2017). The scale has subscales measuring satisfaction in parenting (9 items) (e.g. "Although parenting can be rewarding, I am frustrated now that the child is the age he/she is") and parental selfefficacy (7 items) (e.g. " I think I have what it takes to be a good parent to my child"). Answers are provided on 6-point Likert scales (1 - fully agree to 6 - completely disagree).
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 20 Mar 2024.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Self-Assured Parenting program in people with Parenting and Parent-Child Relations, run by University West, Sweden at 1 site in Sweden.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 20 Mar 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Sweden. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Change in Parent-child communication (time frame: 6 months). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 20 Mar 2024.