Strong Families Strong Forces: Supporting Active Duty Families With Very Young Children

February 3, 2017 updated by: Boston University

Supporting Military Families With Young Children Throughout the Deployment Lifecycle

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the efficacy of the Strong Families Strong Forces Parenting Program compared to a parental self-care (Strong Parents) condition in a sample of 150 Active Duty Families with children ages birth to 5 years.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The overall aim of this research is to adapt and evaluate the efficacy of a parenting program compared to a parental self-care program for Active Duty families. A sample of 150 Active Duty families with young children who have a parent scheduled to deploy in the next six months will be recruited to participate. Families will be assigned either to receive the Strong Families Strong Forces Parenting Program, designed to reduce the impact of deployment separation on parenting stress and co-parenting, or to the Strong Parents Self-Care program, designed to support parents to focus on the importance of self-care throughout the deployment cycle. Investigators will compare the two groups on parenting stress, quality of parent-child relationships, parenting/co-parenting, and family and child well-being.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

300

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Texas
      • Fort Hood, Texas, United States, 76544
        • Recruiting
        • STRONG STAR Research Consortium
        • Contact:
          • Katherine Dondanville, PsyD
          • Phone Number: 254-288-1474
        • Contact:
          • Trenton James
          • Phone Number: (254) 288-2147

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Cohabitating couple with at least one child age birth to 5 years old in which one parent is active duty and is scheduled to deploy within the next 6 months
  • Anticipated deployment time must be at least six months and excludes separations due to the Service Member attending a school
  • Anticipate that non-deploying parent will remain in the area during the deployment
  • Both parents are willing to consent to study participation
  • DEERS -eligible
  • 18 years or older
  • English-speaking
  • The parent remaining at home to care for the children anticipates remaining within 30 miles of Fort Hood to be seen in home, otherwise will need to be seen in office
  • Anticipate that both parents will remain in the area for at least three months after redeployment to complete intervention and follow-up assessment

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Any family member with a significant medical or psychiatric condition requiring a higher level of care than can be provided by the study/comparison protocols
  • Active psychosis or mania

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Strong Families
parenting program
Behavioral: Strong Families Strong Forces
Parenting program
Active Comparator: Strong Parents
self-care program
Behavioral: Strong Parents
self-care program

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Parenting Stress Index (PSI)
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 24 months
Assesses parenting stress in three domains: parental distress, parent-child dysfunctional interaction, and difficult child.
Change from baseline to 24 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Coparenting Scale
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 24 months
Assesses parents' perception of their own coparenting behavior.
Change from baseline to 24 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Boston University

Collaborators

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
RAND

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Ellen DeVoe, Ph. D. LICSW, Boston University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2016

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

March 1, 2019

Study Completion (Anticipated)

March 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 31, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 3, 2017

First Posted (Estimate)

February 7, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

February 7, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 3, 2017

Last Verified

March 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • W81XWH-14-2-0123

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

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