The purpose of this study is to strengthen the skills and self-efficacy of women by addressing the social and emotional trauma that they have experienced from interpersonal violence (IPRV) and homelessness and to promote positive parenting strategies through Play and Learning Strategies (PALS), an evidence based intervention.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
During the first week, women will receive one session of Recovering from Intimate partner violence through Strengths and Empowerment (RISE) and from week 2 they will receive RISE and PALS simultaneously. Participants will receive four to six components of RISE - education on health effects of violence, improving coping and self-care, enhancing social support, and addressing sexual violence, increase safety planning, and assist in making difficult decisions. During each of the PALS sessions, parents will receive instruction on four responsive parenting constructs: contingent responsiveness, warm sensitivity (responses include high levels of affection and understanding of child states), maintaining vs. redirecting attention to objects and topics of conversation, and verbal scaffolding .In addition to direct instruction, parents will video-record themselves interacting with their child and engage in self-reflection of their own parenting behavior.
Participants will receive services available to them at the shelter or housing facility
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas, United States
Change in Women's parenting stress as assessed by the Parental Stress scale (PSS)
This is an 18 item questionnaire and each is scored on a 5 point scale from 1(strongly disagree) to (5strongly agree) for a score range of 18-90, higher score indicating more stress
Time frame: Baseline, immediately after intervention(about 6 weeks after baseline), One month after end of intervention and 3 months after end of intervention intervention
Change in social support as assessed by the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Item Bank v 2.0 Emotional Support
The PROMIS emotional support tool has 16 items and the participants respond each item using a 5-point rating scale from 1(never)-5(always) a higher score indicating more emotional support
Time frame: Baseline, immediately after intervention(about 6 weeks after baseline), One month after end of intervention and 3 months after end of intervention intervention
Change in social support as assessed by the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Item Bank v 2.0 Informational Support
The PROMIS informational support is a 10 items and participants respond each item using a 5-point rating scale (Health Measures) anchored by 1(never)-5(always) with a higher score indicating a better outcome
Time frame: Baseline, immediately after intervention(about 6 weeks after baseline), One month after end of intervention and 3 months after end of intervention intervention
Change in women's empowerment as assessed by the Personal Progress Scale-Revised (PPS-R)
PPS-R is a 28-item self-report measure on which participants rate the extent to which they agreed or disagreed with each item on a 7-point scale.
Time frame: Baseline, immediately after intervention(about 6 weeks after baseline), One month after end of intervention and 3 months after end of intervention intervention
Change in self efficacy as assessed by the General Self- Efficacy Scale (GSE)
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GSE is a 10 item scale. Participants respond to statements such as "I can solve most problems if I invest the necessary effort" on a 4-point Likert scale anchored by 1(not at all true)-4( exactly true),the total score ranges between 10 and 40, with a higher score indicating more self-efficacy.
Time frame: Baseline, immediately after intervention(about 6 weeks after baseline), One month after end of intervention and 3 months after end of intervention intervention
Change in parent satisfaction as assessed by the Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (PSOC)
The PSOC is a 17-item scale and each item is rated on a 6-point Likert scale anchored by 1(strongly disagree to 6( strongly agree).A higher score indicates a higher parenting sense of competency
Time frame: Baseline, immediately after intervention(about 6 weeks after baseline), One month after end of intervention and 3 months after end of intervention intervention
Change in children's behavior as assessed by the Devereux Early Childhood Assessments (DECA)-Infant
DECA (Infant) is a 33 item questionnaire for parents about their infants (1month-18 months) It is a 5 point behavior rating scale scored from never to very frequently which provides an assessment of within-child protective factors central to social and emotional health and resilience.
Time frame: Baseline, immediately after intervention(about 6 weeks after baseline), One month after end of intervention and 3 months after end of intervention intervention
Change in children's behavior as assessed by the Devereux Early Childhood Assessments (DECA)-Toddler
DECA (Toddler) is a 36 item questionnaire. It is a 5 point behavior rating scale scored from never to very frequently which provides an assessment of within-child protective factors central to social and emotional health and resilience.
Time frame: Baseline, immediately after intervention(about 6 weeks after baseline), One month after end of intervention and 3 months after end of intervention intervention
Change in children's behavior as assessed by the Devereux Early Childhood Assessments (DECA)-Preschoolers
DECA (preschoolers) is a 38 item questionnaire. It is a 5 point behavior rating scale scored from never to very frequently which provides an assessment of within-child protective factors central to social and emotional health and resilience
Time frame: Baseline, immediately after intervention(about 6 weeks after baseline), One month after end of intervention and 3 months after end of intervention intervention
Change in perceived parent child connectedness as assessed by the Mothers Object Relational Scale- Short Form (MORS- SF) and MORS- Child scale.
This measures mothers' perception on 2 scales: warmth and invasiveness. This is a 14 item scale and each item is scored from 0( never)-5(always).Warmth is scored by adding the scores from items 1,3,4,6,8,11,and 13, for an average score of 29 a higher score indicating more warmth. Invasiveness is scored by adding the scores of items 2,5,7,9,10.12.and 14, an average score of 10 and higher score indicates worse outcome.
Time frame: Baseline, immediately after intervention(about 6 weeks after baseline), One month after end of intervention and 3 months after end of intervention intervention