Adolescent Mental Health Parenting Program for Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (AMP-CARE)

December 11, 2025 updated by: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Evaluating the Impact of Adolescent Mental Health Parenting Program for Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (AMP-CARE)

The purpose of this research study is to learn if a parenting program called Adolescent Mental Health Parenting Program for Child Adult Relationship Enhancement (AMP-CARE) can help parents have more confidence in parenting their teen and improve their knowledge about normal teen development and teen mental health. The main questions it aims to answer are:

  • Does the AMP-CARE parenting program improve confidence in teen parenting and positive parenting?
  • Does the AMP-CARE parenting program improve parent knowledge about mental health?

Researchers will compare participants who complete the parenting program to those who do not.

Participants will:

  • Complete 2 surveys, one at the start of the study and one 6 -12 weeks later
  • Half of the participants will be randomly picked to attend the 6 virtual AMP-CARE sessions right away.
  • The other half will have the opportunity to attend AMP-CARE after they complete the second survey.

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

In this randomized controlled trial, 60 parents of teens, ages 11-14 years, will be randomized to either AMP-CARE or wait-list control to achieve the following aims:

AIM 1. To measure the impact of AMP-CARE on parent mental health literacy as measured by the Parental Child Mental Health Literacy Questionnaire (PCMHLQ).

AIM 2: To measure the impact of AMP-CARE on parenting self-efficacy as measured by the Parenting Self Efficacy Scale.

AIM 3: To measure the impact of AMP-CARE on promotive parenting practices assessed by the Positive Parenting and Parental Involvement subscales of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

60

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
    • North Carolina
      • Cary, North Carolina, United States, 27519
      • Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27517
        • UNC Children's Primary and Specialty Care at Carolina Pointe II
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Yasamin Sanii, MD
        • Sub-Investigator:
          • Samantha Schilling, MD, MSPH

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

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Parent or guardian of teen age 11-14 years
  • Receiving primary care at selected study sites
  • English speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Parents of children with severe mental illness (indicated by psychiatric hospitalization in the last 12 months or previous diagnosis of psychosis)
  • Parents of children with severe developmental delay (indicated by prior diagnosis of severe neurodevelopmental impairment, global developmental delay, severe expressive language delay)
  • Not available at time group is scheduled

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: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: AMP-CARE
Parents will attend the 6 virtual sessions with a group of about 5-10 parents and 2 facilitators. The AMP-CARE group sessions are held for about 90 minutes once per week. Sessions include didactics, role playing, vignettes, and weekly home practice to build positive parenting techniques.
Behavioral: Adolescent Mental Health Parenting Program for Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (AMP-CARE)
The goals of AMP-CARE are to teach parents how to form a positive relationship with their teen and to teach about typical adolescent development and mental health. Each AMP-CARE session will be led by 1 or 2 trainers. About 4 to 13 parents will attend each virtual session lasting approximately 1.5 hours. Sessions will be weekly for 6 weeks. Participants are encouraged to practice the skills learned at AMP-CARE between the sessions.
No Intervention: Waitlist Control
Parents in the control group will be offered the intervention after completing the second study questionnaire.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Parent Mental Health Literacy
Time Frame: From enrollment to completion of AMP-CARE program or 6-12 weeks after enrollment.
Parent Mental Health Literacy was assessed with 23-item self-report measure, the Parental Child Mental Health Literacy Questionnaire. Using a 5-pt scale with endpoints of "0=strongly disagree" and "4=strongly agree," parents were asked to indicate their level of agreement with statements related to 5 constructs: mental health recognition, beliefs, knowledge, help-seeking confidence, and fear of stigma. Scores ranged from 0 to 4. Higher scores indicate greater literacy.
From enrollment to completion of AMP-CARE program or 6-12 weeks after enrollment.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Parent Self Efficacy
Time Frame: From enrollment to completion of AMP-CARE program or 6-12 weeks after enrollment.
Parenting self-efficacy was assessed with the 19-item self-report measure Parenting Self Efficacy Scale. Using a 5-point scale, parents indicated how frequently states related to their efficacy to develop positive teenager behavior, their efficacy to respond competently to negative teenager behavior, and their monitoring efficacy were true from "1=never" to 5 "always." Total scores ranged from 1 to 5 with higher scores indicating greater self-efficacy.
From enrollment to completion of AMP-CARE program or 6-12 weeks after enrollment.
Promotive Parenting Practices
Time Frame: From enrollment to completion of AMP-CARE program or 6-12 weeks after enrollment.
Promotive parenting practices were assessed with 16 self-report items from two subscales of Alabama Parenting Questionnaire. The positive involvement subscale includes 10 items, with a range of possible scores from 10 to 50. The positive parenting subscale includes 6 items, with a range of possible scores from 6 to 30. Parents rate the frequency with which each parenting practice occurs in their home from "1=never" to "5=always." Higher scores indicate more positive parenting.
From enrollment to completion of AMP-CARE program or 6-12 weeks after enrollment.

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Investigators

  • Study Director: Samantha Schilling, MD MSHP, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • Principal Investigator: Yasamin Sanii, MD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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 (Estimated)

March 1, 2026

Primary Completion (Estimated)

March 1, 2027

Study Completion (Estimated)

March 1, 2027

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 11, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 11, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

December 24, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

December 24, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 11, 2025

Last Verified

December 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 20-3652

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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