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Parental Emotion Regulation and ADHD Treatment

This study is looking at how a parent's ability to manage their emotions affects the success of an 8-session behavioral parenting intervention for children with ADHD. The intervention teaches parents strategies like rewarding good behavior and using consequences for negative behaviors. We want to see if parents who have difficulty regulating their emotions or are more emotionally reactive might find the intervention less effective in improving their child's oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) symptoms. We are enrolling 65 parents of children aged 5-12 with ADHD who also show at least mild ODD symptoms. The main goal is to measure changes in your child's ODD symptoms from the beginning to the end of the intervention.

Study design
This is a single-arm study, meaning all participants will receive the same intervention. It plans to enroll 65 participants.
What's involved
You would participate in an 8-session parenting intervention. Measures will be collected at the beginning, middle, and end of the intervention period.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
The primary outcome is measured at the end of the 8th therapy session, which is typically 12 weeks after the start.

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NCT05299814

Impact of Parental Emotion Regulation on the Treatment of ADHD

Recruiting
NAAges 5–12InterventionalTreatment
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
~65 participants
Updated 2026-05-07 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Behavioral Parenting Intervention

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
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What they're measuring
Change in Oppositional Defiant Disorder Symptoms (change from baseline to endpoint)
Measured over baseline (week 0 prior to first therapy session), endpoint (after 8th therapy session which on average is 12 weeks later ))

Conditions

ADHD

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Pennsylvania1

Who to contact

James G Waxmonsky, MD
[email protected]
7175318646
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Parent of a child ages 5-12 with ADHD
Parent must report that the child has at least a mild level of symptoms at home of Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) on the Disruptive Behavior Disorder Rating Scale (DBDRS)

What this trial measures

  • Change in Oppositional Defiant Disorder Symptoms (change from baseline to endpoint)baseline (week 0 prior to first therapy session), endpoint (after 8th therapy session which on average is 12 weeks later ))

    This will be measured using parent ratings of symptoms of Oppositional Defiant Disorder as rated on the Disruptive Behavior Disorder Rating Scale (DBD-RS). The Oppositional Behavior subscale on the DBD-RS measures 8 items rated 0-3. Items are averaged to create a mean total score between 0-3. Higher scores indicate greater impairment and worse outcomes.