Parenting InterventionNCT06858059
A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Efficacy of the Lighthouse Parenting Programme in Addressing Parenting Difficulties in China
A study testing psychological intervention in people with Parenting Intervention, run by Zhujiang Hospital at 1 site in China.
Trial summary
The study will be conducted in three phases: assessments, group intervention and individual intervention. All participants will engage in the full program over a period of five weeks, divided into ten sessions. The 5 group interventions will occur once a week for 1.5 hours. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages Up to 70 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Parenting Intervention
- What is being tested?
- psychological intervention
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 68 participants
- Where
- 1 siteChina
- Study dates
- 4 Apr 2025to 20 May 2026
- 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 Up to 70 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Parents with children aged 2-14 years who exhibited parenting that were identified as being problematic (Parenting Stress Indicator PSI ≥ 86 (critical high level)).
Who cannot join
- Parents in the family with either parent and child who have a serious medical condition (e.g., cancer, heart disease, etc.), an acute psychotic episode, or difficulty engaging in group interventions may be excluded from participation.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Efficacy of the Lighthouse Parenting Effectiveness Enhancement Programme in Addressing Parenting Difficulties
The study will be conducted in three phases: assessments, group intervention and individual intervention. All participants will engage in the full program over a period of five weeks, divided into ten sessions. The 5 group interventions will occur once a week for 1.5 hours. During this time, the psychotherapist will disseminate psychological knowledge and skills pertinent to parenting, after which the group members will engage in practice exercises and discourse. Subsequently, one individual session will be conducted each week for one hour. The test group (Group A) will be assessed once at recruitment and after the last individual session. The control group (Group B) will undergo the same intervention as the test group after the test group completes the intervention and posttest, and will be assessed one additional time for pre-intervention status.
- Conditions
- Parenting Intervention
- Being tested
- psychological intervention
- Keywords
- Parenting Intervention
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
psychological interventionOther
All participants of the lighthouse parenting programme will engage in the full program over a period of five weeks, divided into ten sessions. The 5 group interventions will occur once a week for 1.5 hours. During this time, the psychotherapist will disseminate psychological knowledge and skills pertinent to parenting, after which the group members will engage in practice exercises and discourse. Subsequently, one individual session will be conducted each week for one hour.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| The test group (Group A) | Experimental | The experimental group will be conducted in the form of assessments, group intervention and individual intervention . All participants will take part in full treatment over a period of five weeks. Each week, participants will engage in one group session lasting approximately 90 minutes and one individual session lasting approximately 60 minutes. A assessment will be conducted at the time of recruitment and following the final individual session. Receives: Other: psychological intervention |
| The control group (Group B) | No intervention | The control group will undergo the same intervention as the test group after the test group completes the intervention and posttest, and will be assessed one additional time for pre-intervention status. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Parenting stress
The Parenting Stress Index/Short Form (PSI/SF; Abidin, 1986) is employed to assess parenting stress.
Measured: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 5 weeks
Secondary outcomes (3)
Parental mentalising
The Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ; Luyten, Mayes, Nijssens, \& Fonagy, 2017) is employed to assess parental mentalizing.
Measured: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 5 weeks
Quality of the parent-child relationship
The quality of the parent-child relationship is evaluated using the Multiperspective Parent-Child Relationship Questionnaire (M-PCR; Müller \& Achtergarde, 2018).
Measured: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 5 weeks
parenting efficacy
The Brief Parental Self-Efficacy Scale (Woolgar et al., 2023) is employed to assess parenting efficacy.
Measured: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 5 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted5 Mar 2025
- Study start4 Apr 2025
- Primary completion4 Apr 2025
- Study completion20 May 2026
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (2)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Parenting InterventionStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Zhujiang HospitalThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- 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
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 68 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Zhujiang Hospital
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06858059
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 2024-KY-317-03
- Status last verified
- Dec 2024
- First submitted
- 17 Dec 2024
- Last updated
- 7 Jul 2026
- Results posted
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided
Publications
Volkert J, Georg A, Hauschild S, Herpertz SC, Neukel C, Byrne G, Taubner S. [Strengthening Attachment Competencies in Parents with Mental Illness: Adaptation and Pilot Testing of the Mentalization-Based Lighthouse Parenting Program]. Prax Kinderpsychol Kinderpsychiatr. 2019 Jan;68(1):27-42. doi: 10.13109/prkk.2019.68.1.27. German.
PubMed 30628875Hu R, Taubner S, Georg A. Mentalization-based intervention for parents with elevated parenting stress: protocol of a RCT of the lighthouse parenting programme in China. Front Psychol. 2026 May 8;17:1728608. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1728608. eCollection 2026.
PubMed 42183562
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 7 Jul 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Efficacy of the Lighthouse Parenting Effectiveness Enhancement Programme in Addressing Parenting Difficulties
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06858059
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 2024-KY-317-03
- Conditions
- Parenting Intervention
- Keywords
- Parenting Intervention
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 68 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Zhujiang HospitalUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 4 Apr 2025 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 4 Apr 2025 (actual)
- Study completion
- 20 May 2026 (actual)
- First posted
- 5 Mar 2025 (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.
The study will be conducted in three phases: assessments, group intervention and individual intervention. All participants will engage in the full program over a period of five weeks, divided into ten sessions. The 5 group interventions will occur once a week for 1.5 hours. During this time, the psychotherapist will disseminate psychological knowledge and skills pertinent to parenting, after which the group members will engage in practice exercises and discourse. Subsequently, one individual session will be conducted each week for one hour. The test group (Group A) will be assessed once at recruitment and after the last individual session. The control group (Group B) will undergo the same intervention as the test group after the test group completes the intervention and posttest, and will be assessed one additional time for pre-intervention status.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| The test group (Group A) | Experimental | Other: psychological interventionThe experimental group will be conducted in the form of assessments, group intervention and individual intervention . All participants will take part in full treatment over a period of five weeks. Each week, participants will engage in one group session lasting approximately 90 minutes and one individual session lasting approximately 60 minutes. A assessment will be conducted at the time of recruitment and following the final individual session. |
| The control group (Group B) | No intervention | –The control group will undergo the same intervention as the test group after the test group completes the intervention and posttest, and will be assessed one additional time for pre-intervention status. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- Up to 70 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Parents with children aged 2-14 years who exhibited parenting that were identified as being problematic (Parenting Stress Indicator PSI ≥ 86 (critical high level)).
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Parents in the family with either parent and child who have a serious medical condition (e.g., cancer, heart disease, etc.), an acute psychotic episode, or difficulty engaging in group interventions may be excluded from participation.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| psychological interventionAll participants of the lighthouse parenting programme will engage in the full program over a period of five weeks, divided into ten sessions. The 5 group interventions will occur once a week for 1.5 hours. During this time, the psychotherapist will disseminate psychological knowledge and skills pertinent to parenting, after which the group members will engage in practice exercises and discourse. Subsequently, one individual session will be conducted each week for one hour. | Other | The test group (Group A) |
Primary outcome
Parenting stress
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 5 weeks
The Parenting Stress Index/Short Form (PSI/SF; Abidin, 1986) is employed to assess parenting stress.
3 secondary outcomes
Parental mentalising
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 5 weeks
Quality of the parent-child relationship
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 5 weeks
parenting efficacy
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 5 weeks
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 7 Jul 2026.
- Results publication: PubMed 30628875Volkert J, Georg A, Hauschild S, Herpertz SC, Neukel C, Byrne G, Taubner S. [Strengthening Attachment Competencies in Parents with Mental Illness: Adaptation and Pilot Testing of the Mentalization-Based Lighthouse Parenting Program]. Prax Kinderpsychol Kinderpsychiatr. 2019 Jan;68(1):27-42. doi: 10.13109/prkk.2019.68.1.27. German.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 42183562Hu R, Taubner S, Georg A. Mentalization-based intervention for parents with elevated parenting stress: protocol of a RCT of the lighthouse parenting programme in China. Front Psychol. 2026 May 8;17:1728608. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1728608. eCollection 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided
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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 psychological intervention in people with Parenting Intervention, run by Zhujiang Hospital at 1 site in China.
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 1 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 Jul 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 China. 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?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
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?
Parenting stress (time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 5 weeks). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06858059, which also lists 2 linked publications.
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 7 Jul 2026.