Talk Parenting Education Program II for Bedtime and Morning Routines
This study is testing a program called Talk Parenting, delivered through an Amazon Echo Dot (Alexa), to help parents and caregivers of children aged 3-5 years improve challenging bedtime and morning routines. Researchers want to see if using Talk Parenting can make bedtime and morning experiences better, improve children's sleep habits, and boost parents' confidence in handling routines. They also want to see if it can reduce children's behavior problems and parents' stress. You could join if you are a primary parent of a 3-5 year old child, speak English, and have access to a computer, tablet, or mobile phone. The study plans to enroll 184 families and is currently unclear on its recruitment status. Some families will get the program right away, while others will wait 6 weeks.
- Study design
- This study is a randomized controlled trial involving 184 families. Participants will be randomly assigned to either receive the Talk Parenting program immediately or after a 6-week waiting period.
- What's involved
- You would use the Talk Parenting program at home for 6 weeks. You will also complete assessments at the beginning, after 6 weeks, and again at 3 months (for the immediate group) or 6 weeks (for the waitlist group) after the second assessment.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants will be followed for up to 3 months after the 6-week intervention period for the immediate group, and up to 6 weeks after the 6-week intervention period for the waitlist group.
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Talk Parenting Education Program II
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- David R Smith, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc.
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What this trial measures
- Short-Form Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (SF-CSHQ)T1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
Children's bedtime/sleep problems will be measured with the Short-Form Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (SF-CSHQ), a 23-item version of the widely used CSHQ. Respondents answer on a 5-point scale (1=never; 5=always-7x/week); a mean score will be computed and can range from 1 to 5, with higher scores indicating worse outcomes.
- Child Adjustment & Parent Self-Efficacy Scale (CAPES) : Behavioral Problems SubscaleT1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
The Child Adjustment and Parent Efficacy Scale (CAPES) measures children's behaviors and emotional adjustment. The Behavior Problems subscale consists of 16 problematic and 8 reverse-coded positive behaviors. Respondents answer on a 4-point scale (0=Not at all; 3=Very much); the summed scores range from 0 to 72, with higher scores indicating worse outcomes.
- Child Adjustment & Parent Self-Efficacy Scale (CAPES) : Emotional Maladjustment SubscaleT1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
The Child Adjustment and Parent Efficacy Scale (CAPES) measures children's behaviors and emotional adjustment. The Emotional Maladjustment subscale has 3 items. Respondents answer on a 4-point scale (0=Not at all; 3=Very much); the summed scores range from 0 to 9, with higher scores indicating worse outcomes.
- Child Adjustment & Parent Self-Efficacy Scale (CAPES) : Parent Self-Efficacy SubscaleT1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
The Child Adjustment and Parent Efficacy Scale (CAPES) measures children's behaviors and emotional adjustment. The CAPES is also used to measure parents' self-efficacy; parents rate their confidence that they can successfully deal with each of the 19 negative behaviors/emotions on the CAPES. Respondents answer on a 10-point scale (1=Certain I can't do it; 10=Certain I can do it); the summed scores range from 19-190, with higher scores indicating better outcomes.
- Self-Efficacy for Parenting Tasks Index - Toddler Scale (SEPTI-TS): Discipline SubscaleT1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
The Self-Efficacy for Parenting Tasks Index - Toddler Scale - Short Form (SEPTI-TS-SF) is used to measure parents' self-efficacy for discipline- and routines-related parenting tasks. The Discipline subscale is measured with 6 items. Respondents answer on a 6-point scale (1=Disagree strongly; 6=Agree strongly); average scores range from 1 to 6, with higher scores indicating better outcomes.
- Self-Efficacy for Parenting Tasks Index - Toddler Scale (SEPTI-TS): Routines SubscaleT1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
The Self-Efficacy for Parenting Tasks Index - Toddler Scale - Short Form (SEPTI-TS-SF) is used to measure parents' self-efficacy for a discipline- and routines-related parenting tasks. The Routines subscales are measured with 6 items each. Respondents answer on a 6-point scale (1=Disagree strongly; 6=Agree strongly); average scores range from 1 to 6, with higher scores indicating better outcomes.
- Engagement in Program-Targeted Parenting Practices (PTPP) - Parent's Self Efficacy ScaleT1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
Parents' self-efficacy for engaging in the parenting practices targeted by the intervention is measured via the Engagement in Target Activities with Child measure, Parents' Self-Efficacy subscale. Created for this study, these number of items will be determined and will items ask parents to rate how confident they are that they know how to do a series of parenting practices targeted by the program, on a scale of 1 to 10 (1 = Not at all confident; 10 = Highly confident). Average scores range from 1 to 10, with higher scores indicating greater parental self-efficacy (better outcome).
- Engagement in Program-Targeted Parenting Practices (PTPP) - Frequency SubscaleT1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
The frequency of parents' engagement in the parenting practices targeted by the intervention is measured via the Engagement in Target Activities with Child measure, Frequency subscale. Created for this study, the number of items will be determined and will ask parents to report the frequency with which they have engaged in target parenting practices in the past 4 weeks. Parents report their frequency on a 6-point scale (0 = "Never in the past month" to 5 = "Every day in past month:). Averaged scores range from 0 to 5, with higher scores indicating more frequent parental engagement in the target activities (better outcome).