AdolescentNCT05706376
An Evidence-based Family Support Program for Parents and Children in Palestine: A Theory-based Intervention
A study testing Promoting Positive Family Futures and Treatment as Usual in people with Adolescent and Psychopathology, run by University of Notre Dame at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
Few evidence-based programs exist to support children and families affected by sociopolitical conflict, despite documented evidence of their heightened risk for emotional and behavioral adjustment problems associated with exposure to conflict and violence at multiple levels of the social ecology (e.g., political… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 12 to 75 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Adolescent, Psychopathology, Parent-Child Relations
- What is being tested?
- Promoting Positive Family Futures and Treatment as Usual
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 900 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 19 Sep 2023to 31 Jul 2027
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
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 12 to 75 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- a willing adolescent between the ages of 13 and 16
- assuming a two-parent family, a mother and father willing to participate
- within the service area of implementing organizations
Who cannot join
- Families with individuals with significant mental or physical impairments precluding their ability to participate in groups
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
United States1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
University of NotreDame
Notre Dame, Indiana, 46556
Laura Miller-Graff, PhD, 574-631-3245, lmiller8@nd.edu
Laura Miller-Graff, PhD
About this study
Few evidence-based programs exist to support children and families affected by sociopolitical conflict, despite documented evidence of their heightened risk for emotional and behavioral adjustment problems associated with exposure to conflict and violence at multiple levels of the social ecology (e.g., political, community, and family). Thus, a critical need exists for an evidence-based program to ameliorate the impact of political violence on the overall well-being of children and families. The current study will conduct a rigorous evaluation of a theoretically-driven, family-based intervention program in Palestine, including both the West Bank and Gaza. Firmly grounded in the cultural context of Palestine but with broad implications for individuals exposed to sociopolitical violence, the long-term goal of this project is to provide a family-focused intervention program (Promoting Positive Family Futures; PPFF) that may facilitate individuals' sense of safety and support in the context of chronic adversity. The objective is to evaluate this intervention program in the context of a randomized clinical trial (RCT) in the West Bank and Gaza (N=300). The central hypothesis is that the program will have direct positive effects on family conflict, parent psychopathology and parental security in the family as well as on adolescent emotional security in the family, with cascading effects on adolescent adjustment. Consistent with family systems theory, we further hypothesize that treatment effects on parents will mediate on the effects of the treatment on adolescent adjustment. The rationale is that bolstering resilience in family systems is a key approach to promoting positive functioning in families exposed to chronic violence. The hypothesis will be evaluated with three specific aims: 1) evaluate the efficacy of an evidence-based family support program; 2) examine process models of treatment change, and 3) examine interrelations between parent and child functioning. To achieve these aims, the study will be an RCT employing a longitudinal design (N=300) with multi-method assessments at baseline (T1), post-test (T2), 6-month follow-up (T3) and 12-month follow-up (T4). Families included in the study will be evenly divided between the West Bank (n=150) and Gaza Strip (n=150). Families will be randomized into the intervention condition (PPFF) or treatment as usual (TAU). Each territory will have an implementing partner, and implementing partners and investigators will work together to ensure the study procedures are implemented in parallel across sites. Data collection will be conducted by trained research staff from a third-party survey and policy research organization. The proposal seeks to shift current research and clinical paradigms in these contexts by employing novel theoretical concepts, approaches, and methodologies. The contribution will be significant by 1) further developing new directions for empirically-based interventions in these high-risk contexts, and 2) advancing a relatively brief, cost-effective program that can be readily implemented to help children and families exposed to continuing conflict in Palestine, with the potential to be brought to scale in other contexts.
- Conditions
- Adolescent, Psychopathology, Parent-Child Relations, Violence
- Being tested
- Promoting Positive Family Futures, Treatment as Usual
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Promoting Positive Family FuturesBehavioural
Promoting Positive Family Futures is a group-based program that aims to help parents and their adolescent children (13-16 yrs) cope with chronic violence by developing emotional and cognitive awareness, learning constructive conflict resolution strategies, and developing family-wide emotional security and positive family relationships. Emotional Security Theory is the foundational conceptual model for the program, and as such, the PPFF focuses on promoting family-wide communication and establishing emotional security in both the family and community across multiple sessions.Firmly grounded the cultural context of Palestine, the intervention also incorporates intervention elements derived from social ecological theories of resilience, and cognitive behavioral approaches to coping. In total, the program includes 8 sessions lasting approximately 1.5 hours each.
Treatment as UsualBehavioural
Families assigned to the TAU condition will participate in a common service offered by both PCC and CRS - a weekly adolescent-only support group. Both CRS and PCC conduct extended group programs for children and adolescents (24 sessions at PCC; 25 sessions at CRS).
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Promoting Positive Family Futures | Experimental | Not described Receives: Behavioral: Promoting Positive Family Futures |
| Treatment as Usual | Active comparator | Not described Receives: Behavioral: Treatment as Usual |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Parental Depression
Parental Depression will be measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ9; Kronke \& Spitzer, 2009), which has established validity in both English and Arabic, and has been successfully used in Palestinian samples (Hobfoll, et al., 2011). We hypothesize that parents in the treatment group will report lower levels of depressed mood at T2, T3 and T4 and that change in parental depression at T2 will mediate the relationship between intervention and adolescent adjustment at T3/T4.
Measured: baseline, 10 week follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Parental Anxiety
Parental Anxiety will be measured using the GAD-7 (Spitzer et al., 1999), which has established validity in both English and Arabic. We hypothesize that parents in the treatment group will report lower levels of anxiety at T2, T3 and T4 and that change in parental anxiety at T2 will mediate the relationship between intervention and adolescent adjustment at T3/T4.
Measured: baseline, 10 week follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Parental Posttraumatic Stress
Parent posttraumatic stress will be assessed using the PTSD Checklist - 5, which assesses symptoms of posttraumatic stress in the domains of re-experiencing, avoidance, negative mood and cognition, and hyperarousal (Weathers, et al., 2013) and has been successfully used in the region (Bensimon, Bodner, \& Shrira, 2017). We hypothesize that parents in the treatment group will report lower levels of posttraumatic stress at T2, T3 and T4 that change in parental posttraumatic stress at T2 will mediate the relationship between intervention and adolescent adjustment at T3/T4.
Measured: baseline, 10 week follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Parent Emotional Security in Family
Parent Emotional Security in the Family will be assessed using the Security in the Family System Scale (Forman \& Davies, 2005), which has established psychometric properties and has successfully been used in other conflict settings (Cummings, et al., 2010). We hypothesize that mothers and fathers in the treatment group will report higher levels of emotional security at T2, T3, and T4 and that change parent emotional security at T2 will indirectly affect adolescent adjustment and emotional security at T3/T4.
Measured: baseline, 10 week follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Adolescent Security in the Family Scale
Adolescent Emotional Security in the Family will be assessed using the Security in the Family System Scale (Forman \& Davies, 2005), which has established psychometric properties and has successfully been used in other conflict settings (Cummings, et al., 2010). We hypothesize that adolescents in the treatment group will report higher levels of emotional security at T2, T3, and T4.
Measured: baseline, 10 week follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Adolescent Adjustment and Prosocial Skills
Adolescent Adjustment \& Prosocial Skills will be measured using the Strengths and Difficulties questionnaire, which measures children's adjustment in 5 domains: emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity/ inattention, peer relationship problems and prosocial skills. It has been successfully validated in Arabic (Alyhari \& Goodman, 2006). We hypothesize that adolescents in the treatment group will report lower levels of adjustment problems at T3/T4.
Measured: baseline, 10 week follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Adolescent Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms
Adolescent Posttraumatic Stress will be assessed using the Child Posttraumatic Stress Symptom Index (Pynoos, Frederick \& Nader, 1987), which has been successfully used with adolescents living in Palestine (Dubow, et al., 2012). WE hypothesize that adolescents in the PPFF condition will report lower levels of posttraumatic stress symptoms at T3 and T4.
Measured: baseline, 10 week follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Adolescent and Parent Resilience
Adolescent and Parent Resilience will be assessed using the Child and Youth Resilience Measure/Adult Resilience Measure (CYRM; Ungar \& Liebenberg, 2011), which assesses resilient functioning across three domains - individual resilience, relational resilience, and community resilience. The CYRM was developed in the context of a multi-national study that included a large sample drawn from Palestine, and as such, has established validity in the region (Ungar \& Liebenberg, 2011). We hypothesize that adolescents in the treatment group will report higher levels of resilience at T3/T4.
Measured: baseline, 10 week follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Family-Wide Conflict
Interparental and family problem solving interactions will be coded in real time for constructive and destructive conflict behaviors using the Family Interactions Coding System (FICS; Bergman and Cummings, unpublished coding system) The FICS is a well-established system for coding conflict behaviors on a 5-point scale. Inter-rater reliability for observational codes using the FICS ranges from .94 to .98. We hypothesize the the PPFF program will be associated with reductions in family-wide conflict at T2, T3, and T4 and that improvements in conflict at T2 will predict adolescent adjustment at T3/T4.
Measured: baseline, 10 week follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Parent-Adolescent Attachment
Parent-Adolescent Attachment will be measured by adolescent report on the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA; Greenberg \& Armsden, 1987), which assesses both positive and negative dimensions of relationship quality with an attachment figure. Adolescents will complete the survey regarding their relationship with both their mother and father at all four time points of assessment. We hypothesize that adolescents in the treatment group will report improved attachment at T2, T3, and T4.
Measured: baseline, 10 week follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Family conflict and cohesion
Family conflict and cohesion will be assessed using the conflict and cohesion subscales of the Family Environment Scale (Moos \& Moos, 2002). All family members will complete these items at each assessment. We hypothesize that participation in the treatment condition will be associated with reduced conflict and improved cohesion for mothers, fathers, and adolescents.
Measured: baseline, 10 week follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Parent and adolescent emotion regulation
Cognitive strategies for emotion regulation will be assessed using the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Gross \& John, 2003). We hypothesize that parents and adolescents participating in PPFF will have better emotion regulation at post-test, which will in turn predict better mental health outcomes at each follow-up.
Measured: baseline, 10 week follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Parent and adolescent well-being
Wellbeing will be assessed using the WHO-5 Wellbeing index. We hypothesize that parents and adolescents participating in the PPFF program will have higher levels of wellbeing at all follow-up assessments as compared to the TAU group.
Measured: baseline, 10 week follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted31 Jan 2023
- Study start19 Sep 2023
- Primary completion13 Mar 2027 (estimated)
- Study completion31 Jul 2027 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for AdolescentStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
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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
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 900 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Notre Dame
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05706376
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 22-08-7367
- Status last verified
- Apr 2026
- First submitted
- 19 Sep 2022
- Last updated
- 23 Apr 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- 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 23 Apr 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- An Evidence-based Family Support Program for Parents and Children in Palestine: A Theory-based Intervention
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05706376
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 22-08-7367
- Conditions
- Adolescent, Psychopathology, Parent-Child Relations, Violence
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Enrolment
- 900 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- University of Notre DameUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 19 Sep 2023 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 13 Mar 2027 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 31 Jul 2027 (estimated)
- First posted
- 31 Jan 2023 (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.
Few evidence-based programs exist to support children and families affected by sociopolitical conflict, despite documented evidence of their heightened risk for emotional and behavioral adjustment problems associated with exposure to conflict and violence at multiple levels of the social ecology (e.g., political, community, and family). Thus, a critical need exists for an evidence-based program to ameliorate the impact of political violence on the overall well-being of children and families. The current study will conduct a rigorous evaluation of a theoretically-driven, family-based intervention program in Palestine, including both the West Bank and Gaza. Firmly grounded in the cultural context of Palestine but with broad implications for individuals exposed to sociopolitical violence, the long-term goal of this project is to provide a family-focused intervention program (Promoting Positive Family Futures; PPFF) that may facilitate individuals' sense of safety and support in the context of chronic adversity. The objective is to evaluate this intervention program in the context of a randomized clinical trial (RCT) in the West Bank and Gaza (N=300). The central hypothesis is that the program will have direct positive effects on family conflict, parent psychopathology and parental security in the family as well as on adolescent emotional security in the family, with cascading effects on adolescent adjustment. Consistent with family systems theory, we further hypothesize that treatment effects on parents will mediate on the effects of the treatment on adolescent adjustment. The rationale is that bolstering resilience in family systems is a key approach to promoting positive functioning in families exposed to chronic violence. The hypothesis will be evaluated with three specific aims: 1) evaluate the efficacy of an evidence-based family support program; 2) examine process models of treatment change, and 3) examine interrelations between parent and child functioning. To achieve these aims, the study will be an RCT employing a longitudinal design (N=300) with multi-method assessments at baseline (T1), post-test (T2), 6-month follow-up (T3) and 12-month follow-up (T4). Families included in the study will be evenly divided between the West Bank (n=150) and Gaza Strip (n=150). Families will be randomized into the intervention condition (PPFF) or treatment as usual (TAU). Each territory will have an implementing partner, and implementing partners and investigators will work together to ensure the study procedures are implemented in parallel across sites. Data collection will be conducted by trained research staff from a third-party survey and policy research organization. The proposal seeks to shift current research and clinical paradigms in these contexts by employing novel theoretical concepts, approaches, and methodologies. The contribution will be significant by 1) further developing new directions for empirically-based interventions in these high-risk contexts, and 2) advancing a relatively brief, cost-effective program that can be readily implemented to help children and families exposed to continuing conflict in Palestine, with the potential to be brought to scale in other contexts.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Promoting Positive Family Futures | Experimental | Behavioral: Promoting Positive Family Futures |
| Treatment as Usual | Active comparator | Behavioral: Treatment as Usual |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 12 to 75 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- a willing adolescent between the ages of 13 and 16
- assuming a two-parent family, a mother and father willing to participate
- within the service area of implementing organizations
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Families with individuals with significant mental or physical impairments precluding their ability to participate in groups
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Promoting Positive Family FuturesPromoting Positive Family Futures is a group-based program that aims to help parents and their adolescent children (13-16 yrs) cope with chronic violence by developing emotional and cognitive awareness, learning constructive conflict resolution strategies, and developing family-wide emotional security and positive family relationships. Emotional Security Theory is the foundational conceptual model for the program, and as such, the PPFF focuses on promoting family-wide communication and establishing emotional security in both the family and community across multiple sessions.Firmly grounded the cultural context of Palestine, the intervention also incorporates intervention elements derived from social ecological theories of resilience, and cognitive behavioral approaches to coping. In total, the program includes 8 sessions lasting approximately 1.5 hours each. | Behavioural | Promoting Positive Family Futures |
| Treatment as UsualFamilies assigned to the TAU condition will participate in a common service offered by both PCC and CRS - a weekly adolescent-only support group. Both CRS and PCC conduct extended group programs for children and adolescents (24 sessions at PCC; 25 sessions at CRS). | Behavioural | Treatment as Usual |
Primary outcome
Parental Depression
Time frame: baseline, 10 week follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Parental Depression will be measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ9; Kronke \& Spitzer, 2009), which has established validity in both English and Arabic, and has been successfully used in Palestinian samples (Hobfoll, et al., 2011). We hypothesize that parents in the treatment group will report lower levels of depressed mood at T2, T3 and T4 and that change in parental depression at T2 will mediate the relationship between intervention and adolescent adjustment at T3/T4.
Parental Anxiety
Time frame: baseline, 10 week follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Parental Anxiety will be measured using the GAD-7 (Spitzer et al., 1999), which has established validity in both English and Arabic. We hypothesize that parents in the treatment group will report lower levels of anxiety at T2, T3 and T4 and that change in parental anxiety at T2 will mediate the relationship between intervention and adolescent adjustment at T3/T4.
Parental Posttraumatic Stress
Time frame: baseline, 10 week follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Parent posttraumatic stress will be assessed using the PTSD Checklist - 5, which assesses symptoms of posttraumatic stress in the domains of re-experiencing, avoidance, negative mood and cognition, and hyperarousal (Weathers, et al., 2013) and has been successfully used in the region (Bensimon, Bodner, \& Shrira, 2017). We hypothesize that parents in the treatment group will report lower levels of posttraumatic stress at T2, T3 and T4 that change in parental posttraumatic stress at T2 will mediate the relationship between intervention and adolescent adjustment at T3/T4.
Parent Emotional Security in Family
Time frame: baseline, 10 week follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Parent Emotional Security in the Family will be assessed using the Security in the Family System Scale (Forman \& Davies, 2005), which has established psychometric properties and has successfully been used in other conflict settings (Cummings, et al., 2010). We hypothesize that mothers and fathers in the treatment group will report higher levels of emotional security at T2, T3, and T4 and that change parent emotional security at T2 will indirectly affect adolescent adjustment and emotional security at T3/T4.
Adolescent Security in the Family Scale
Time frame: baseline, 10 week follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Adolescent Emotional Security in the Family will be assessed using the Security in the Family System Scale (Forman \& Davies, 2005), which has established psychometric properties and has successfully been used in other conflict settings (Cummings, et al., 2010). We hypothesize that adolescents in the treatment group will report higher levels of emotional security at T2, T3, and T4.
Adolescent Adjustment and Prosocial Skills
Time frame: baseline, 10 week follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Adolescent Adjustment \& Prosocial Skills will be measured using the Strengths and Difficulties questionnaire, which measures children's adjustment in 5 domains: emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity/ inattention, peer relationship problems and prosocial skills. It has been successfully validated in Arabic (Alyhari \& Goodman, 2006). We hypothesize that adolescents in the treatment group will report lower levels of adjustment problems at T3/T4.
Adolescent Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms
Time frame: baseline, 10 week follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Adolescent Posttraumatic Stress will be assessed using the Child Posttraumatic Stress Symptom Index (Pynoos, Frederick \& Nader, 1987), which has been successfully used with adolescents living in Palestine (Dubow, et al., 2012). WE hypothesize that adolescents in the PPFF condition will report lower levels of posttraumatic stress symptoms at T3 and T4.
Adolescent and Parent Resilience
Time frame: baseline, 10 week follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Adolescent and Parent Resilience will be assessed using the Child and Youth Resilience Measure/Adult Resilience Measure (CYRM; Ungar \& Liebenberg, 2011), which assesses resilient functioning across three domains - individual resilience, relational resilience, and community resilience. The CYRM was developed in the context of a multi-national study that included a large sample drawn from Palestine, and as such, has established validity in the region (Ungar \& Liebenberg, 2011). We hypothesize that adolescents in the treatment group will report higher levels of resilience at T3/T4.
Family-Wide Conflict
Time frame: baseline, 10 week follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Interparental and family problem solving interactions will be coded in real time for constructive and destructive conflict behaviors using the Family Interactions Coding System (FICS; Bergman and Cummings, unpublished coding system) The FICS is a well-established system for coding conflict behaviors on a 5-point scale. Inter-rater reliability for observational codes using the FICS ranges from .94 to .98. We hypothesize the the PPFF program will be associated with reductions in family-wide conflict at T2, T3, and T4 and that improvements in conflict at T2 will predict adolescent adjustment at T3/T4.
Parent-Adolescent Attachment
Time frame: baseline, 10 week follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Parent-Adolescent Attachment will be measured by adolescent report on the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA; Greenberg \& Armsden, 1987), which assesses both positive and negative dimensions of relationship quality with an attachment figure. Adolescents will complete the survey regarding their relationship with both their mother and father at all four time points of assessment. We hypothesize that adolescents in the treatment group will report improved attachment at T2, T3, and T4.
Family conflict and cohesion
Time frame: baseline, 10 week follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Family conflict and cohesion will be assessed using the conflict and cohesion subscales of the Family Environment Scale (Moos \& Moos, 2002). All family members will complete these items at each assessment. We hypothesize that participation in the treatment condition will be associated with reduced conflict and improved cohesion for mothers, fathers, and adolescents.
Parent and adolescent emotion regulation
Time frame: baseline, 10 week follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Cognitive strategies for emotion regulation will be assessed using the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Gross \& John, 2003). We hypothesize that parents and adolescents participating in PPFF will have better emotion regulation at post-test, which will in turn predict better mental health outcomes at each follow-up.
Parent and adolescent well-being
Time frame: baseline, 10 week follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Wellbeing will be assessed using the WHO-5 Wellbeing index. We hypothesize that parents and adolescents participating in the PPFF program will have higher levels of wellbeing at all follow-up assessments as compared to the TAU group.
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 23 Apr 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Promoting Positive Family Futures and Treatment as Usual in people with Adolescent and Psychopathology, run by University of Notre Dame at 1 site in United States.
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 3 inclusion and 1 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: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 23 Apr 2026. 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 United States. 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?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
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What does the primary outcome measure?
Parental Depression (time frame: baseline, 10 week follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up). The study lists 13 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
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