Evaluation of a Video-Based Media Series to Promote Effective Parenting (ParentMedia)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00611832 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: February 11, 2008
Last Update Posted
: March 31, 2014
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Childhood Disruptive Behavior Problems | Behavioral: Triple P Media Series -- Standard "Information-Only" version Behavioral: Triple P Media Series -- Enhanced "Behavior Activation" version | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 318 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Evaluation of a Video-Based Media Series to Promote Effective Parenting |
Study Start Date : | May 2008 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2011 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | March 2014 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: Standard
Standard "information-only" version of the television series that includes only modeling and demonstration of the targeted parenting skills
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Behavioral: Triple P Media Series -- Standard "Information-Only" version
10 episodes, 12 minutes per episode, 2 episodes viewed per week for a total of 5 weeks. Demonstrates parenting practices for effectively handling a range of difficult child behaviors.
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Experimental: Enhanced
Enhanced "behavior activation" version of the television series that includes all of the content of the standard "information-only" version, but is also designed to actively promote parental behavior change, through additional content elements addressing attributions, self-efficacy and expectancies, social support, and emotional reactivity.
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Behavioral: Triple P Media Series -- Enhanced "Behavior Activation" version
10 episodes, 12 minutes per episode, 2 episodes viewed per week for a total of 5 weeks. Demonstrates parenting practices for effectively handling a range of difficult child behaviors; includes specific content elements designed to promote parents' adoption of the targeted parenting skills
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No Intervention: Control
Waitlist control
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- Child problem behavior: measured by the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (Eyberg & Ross, 1978), phone interview, and observation coding from a structured lab task procedure [ Time Frame: baseline, immediate post, 6-month follow-up ]
- Problematic parenting practices: measured by the Parenting Scale (Arnold et al., 1993), phone interview, and observation coding from a structured lab task procedure [ Time Frame: baseline, immediate post, 6-month follow-up ]
- Parent knowledge: Triple P Parenting Quiz [ Time Frame: baseline, immediate post, 6-month follow-up ]
- Parental attributions for child misbehavior: Parent's Attributions for Child's Behavior Measure (Pidgeon & Sanders, 2004) [ Time Frame: baseline, immediate post, 6-month follow-up ]
- Parental self-efficacy: Problem Behavior and Setting Checklist (Sanders & Wooley, 2005) [ Time Frame: baseline, immediate post, 6-month follow-up ]
- Parental stress: Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, Short Form (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995) [ Time Frame: baseline, immediate post, 6-month follow-up ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 20 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- parent(s) living with a child 3 to 6 years old
- child scores 1 or more standard deviations above the mean on the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory
- English speaking
- parent at least 20 years old
Exclusion Criteria:
- currently receiving any other structured parenting intervention (home visits, parenting classes, individual parent training, family therapy)
- father-only households

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00611832
United States, Oregon | |
Oregon Research Institute | |
Eugene, Oregon, United States, 97403 |
Principal Investigator: | Carol W Metzler, PhD | Oregon Research Institute |
Responsible Party: | Oregon Research Institute |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00611832 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
DA021307 R01DA021307 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | February 11, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 31, 2014 |
Last Verified: | March 2014 |
Keywords provided by Oregon Research Institute:
behavior problems children prevention |
television media parenting |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Problem Behavior Behavioral Symptoms |