The research evaluates the use of online versions of delivering an effective psychological treatment for children clinically referred for serious oppositional, aggressive, and antisocial behavior. The goal is to develop models of delivery that reach families in need that are not being served by in-person treatment. The project has immediate implications for the treatment of children but more generally addresses several issues critical to treatments that are based on Internet, telepsychiatry, and related technologies.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
86
Yale Parenting Center
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Child Behavior Checklist
Internalizing and externalizing behavior problems in children
Time frame: Change from pretreatment (Week 0; immediately before the start of treatment) to posttreatment (immediately after treatment is completed; Week 8)
Child Global Assessment Scale
Therapist-rated measure of overall child impairment and functioning
Time frame: Change from pretreatment (Week 0; immediately before the start of treatment) to posttreatment (immediately after treatment is completed; Week 8)
Interview for Antisocial Behavior
Presence of a broad range of overt and covert antisocial behaviors in children
Time frame: Change from pretreatment (Week 0; immediately before the start of treatment) to posttreatment (immediately after treatment is completed; Week 8)
Research Diagnostic Interview
Clinical symptoms and diagnoses based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) criteria
Time frame: Change from pretreatment (Week 0; immediately before the start of treatment) to posttreatment (immediately after treatment is completed; Week 8)
Parenting Stress Index
Sources of stress for the parent
Time frame: Change from pretreatment (Week 0; immediately before the start of treatment) to posttreatment (immediately after treatment is completed; Week 8)
Beck Depression Inventory
Parental symptoms of depression
Time frame: Change from pretreatment (Week 0; immediately before the start of treatment) to posttreatment (immediately after treatment is completed; Week 8)
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Management of Child Behavior Scale
Parenting practices
Time frame: Change from pretreatment (Week 0; immediately before the start of treatment) to posttreatment (immediately after treatment is completed; Week 8)
Parent-Therapist Relationship Scale (Therapist version)
Characteristics of the therapeutic relationship according to therapist report
Time frame: Midtreatment (Week 4 of treatment)
Parent-Therapist Relationship Scale (Therapist version)
Characteristics of the therapeutic relationship according to therapist report
Time frame: Posttreatment (immediately after treatment is completed; Week 8)
Parent-Therapist Relationship Scale (Parent version)
Characteristics of the therapeutic relationship according to parent report
Time frame: Midtreatment (Week 4 of treatment)
Parent-Therapist Relationship Scale (Parent version)
Characteristics of the therapeutic relationship according to parent report
Time frame: Posttreatment (immediately after treatment is completed; Week 8)
Barriers to Participation in Treatment (Therapist version)
Stressors and obstacles that interfere with treatment
Time frame: Midtreatment (Week 4 of treatment)
Barriers to Participation in Treatment (Therapist version)
Stressors and obstacles that interfere with treatment
Time frame: Posttreatment (immediately after treatment is completed; Week 8)
Barriers to Participation in Treatment (Parent version)
Stressors and obstacles that interfere with treatment
Time frame: Midtreatment (Week 4 of treatment)
Barriers to Participation in Treatment (Parent version)
Stressors and obstacles that interfere with treatment
Time frame: Posttreatment (immediately after treatment is completed; Week 8)
Weekly Participation in Treatment
Attendance and participation in treatment sessions
Time frame: Weekly (during treatment)
Treatment Adherence Inventory (Therapist version)
Parental compliance with specific treatment techniques
Time frame: Midtreatment (Week 4 of treatment)
Treatment Adherence Inventory (Therapist version)
Parental compliance with specific treatment techniques
Time frame: Posttreatment (immediately after treatment is completed; Week 8)
Treatment Adherence Inventory (Parent version)
Parental compliance with specific treatment techniques
Time frame: Midtreatment (Week 4 of treatment)
Treatment Adherence Inventory (Parent version)
Parental compliance with specific treatment techniques
Time frame: Posttreatment (immediately after treatment is completed; Week 8)
Therapist Evaluation Inventory
Acceptability of treatment based on therapist report
Time frame: Midtreatment (Week 4 of treatment)
Therapist Evaluation Inventory
Acceptability of treatment based on therapist report
Time frame: Posttreatment (immediately after treatment is completed; Week 8)
Parent Evaluation Inventory
Acceptability of treatment based on parent report
Time frame: Midtreatment (Week 4 of treatment)
Parent Evaluation Inventory
Acceptability of treatment based on parent report
Time frame: Posttreatment (immediately after treatment is completed; Week 8)
Acceptability of Treatment Modality
Parent-report measure rating the acceptability of online treatment and barriers that may affect participants receiving online treatment specifically
Time frame: Midtreatment (Week 4 of treatment)
Acceptability of Treatment Modality
Parent-report measure rating the acceptability of online treatment and barriers that may affect participants receiving online treatment specifically
Time frame: Posttreatment (immediately after treatment is completed; Week 8)