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Improving Preschoolers' Mental Health: A RCT Assessing Two Parenting Programs

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - anyAllMireille Joussemet
NCT05796466 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

The goal of this randomized control trial (RCT) is to assess the superiority of the How-to Parenting Program in improving autonomy support and preschoolers' mental health (i.e., decreases externalizing problems) among vulnerable families. The main question it aims to answer is: Can teaching concrete parenting skills that target empirically-based parenting dimensions (via the How-to Parenting Program) have an added value for improving parental autonomy support and child mental health, compared to a parenting program that does not focus on teaching parenting skills (Nobody's Perfect program \[NP\])? Early childhood centers providing services to parents of 3-4 years olds will be randomly assigned to one of two 6-week programs. Parents will fill out questionnaires before (T1) and after (T2) programs delivery as well as at 6-month (T3) and 1-year follow-ups (T4). They and their child will als

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: \- Parents need to have at least one child aged between between 36 and 59 months at pre-intervention. Exclusion Criteria: * Parents will be excluded if they have previously attended a How-to Parenting Program * Parents who are unable to communicate in French will be excluded. Recruitment procedure: \- To target more more vulnerable families, parents will primarily be recruited in ECCs located in low- or middle-income neighbourhoods of the greater Montreal (Canada) according to the Montreal's 2018 Poverty Map of Families with Children.
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What it tests

  • How-to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk
  • Nobody's Perfect
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Where

1 site
Université de Montréal
Montreal, Canada
🤝 Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible — always decide together with your own doctor.
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