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.
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
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
300
Parenting program
self-care program
STRONG STAR Research Consortium
Fort Hood, Texas, United States
RECRUITINGParenting Stress Index (PSI)
Assesses parenting stress in three domains: parental distress, parent-child dysfunctional interaction, and difficult child.
Time frame: Change from baseline to 24 months
Coparenting Scale
Assesses parents' perception of their own coparenting behavior.
Time frame: Change from baseline to 24 months
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