Responding to Children and Adolescents With Tyrannical Behaviour (REACT)

Non-Violent Resistance Parental Training Versus Treatment as Usual for Children and Adolescents With Severe Tyrannical Behaviour: a Randomized Controlled Trial

This was a randomized controlled trial that compared the NVR intervention group with a TAU group during a four-months period in reducing stress in parents of children aged 6-20 years and displaying severe tyrannical behaviour (STB).

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Oppositional Defiant Disorder
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Non-Violent Resistance parental training

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 82

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Montpellier, France, 34295
    • Uhmontpellier

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 4 years to 18 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Parents of children with STB aged 6-20 years old

Description

Inclusion criteria:

1. being the parent of a child aged 6 - 20 years who endorses the DSM-5 criteria of IODD. In fact, ODD is considered a necessary but not a sufficient condition for tyranny behavior

2. two or more positive answers to the custom quetions routinely used to identify STB in children/adolescents at the University Hospital of Montpellier), related to a 12 month period :

   • Are you afraid of your child?
   • Is your child physically or psychologically violent toward you?
   • Do you think that your child is the decision maker in the family?
   • Do you feel ashamed by your situation at home?
3. being able to attend half of the sessions.

Exclusion criteria:

1. predicted absence from at least half of the sessions
2. subject deprived of liberty
3. subject under guardianship or curatorship.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Cohort
• Time Perspectives: Prospective

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Group 1; Group : Non-Violent Resistance parental training (NVR)	Behavioral: Non-Violent Resistance parental training; Non-Violent Resistance parental training
Group 2; Group 2 : Treatment as usual (TAU) = Control

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Parenting Stress Index/Short Form(PSI-SF)	Parenting Stress Index/Short Form(PSI-SF) : PSI-SF has 36 items based on a five-point Likert scale where each value corresponds to a specific statement (1 = completely disagree; 5 = completely agree). The subscale scores range from 12 to 60, and the Total Stress score ranges from 36 to 180. The higher the score, the greater the level of parental stress	4 months from baseline

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)	Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) : HADS is a 14-item measure designed to assess anxiety and depression symptoms in adults. Items are rated on a 4-point severity scale. The HADS produces a scale for anxiety (HADS-A) and for depression (HADS-D). To screen for parental anxiety and depressive symptoms, the following interpretation can be proposed for each of the scores: scores of 7 or less are considered no symptomatology; scores between 8 and 10 are considered doubtful symptomatology; scores of 11 and more are considered definite symptomatology."	4 months from baseline
Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL)	Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) : CBCL has 115-item and uses T-scores which allows a wide-ranging evaluation of the child's behavioural profile. Raw scores are calculated and used to generate T-scores for eight clinical subscales, two composite scales, one total scale, and four competence scales. T-scores ≥70 are in the clinical range for the clinical subscales, T-scores ≥64 are in the clinical range for the composite scales and total scale, and T-scores ≤30 are in the clinical range for the competence scales. Emotional dysregulation was defined as an aggregate T-score of ≥210 on the Attention Problems, Aggressive Behavior, and Anxious/Depressed scales	4 months from baseline
Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)	Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) : The SDQ consists of 5 subscales, each containing 5 items. The scales measure emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity-inattention, peer relationship problems, and prosocial behaviours. Each psychological attribute is scored on a 0-10 scale. A score of 0 is the best outcome concerning the emotional, conduct, hyperactivity, and peer relationship fields (note that these four attributes add up to a total difficulties/overall stress score scored on a 0-40 scale). This scoring reverses for pro-social/score for kind and helpful behaviour, where a score of 10 shows the least amount of difficulty	4 months from baseline
Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia Present/Lifetime version	Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia Present/Lifetime	at baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University Hospital, Montpellier

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): July 1, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 30, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): July 30, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 23, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 30, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): October 5, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 5, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 30, 2022
• Last Verified: September 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Child-To-Parent Violence; Severe tyrannical behaviour; NVR; parental training program
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
• Other Study ID Numbers: RECHMPL17_0155

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: Undecided
• IPD Plan Description: NC

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No