This study aims to study the following questions:1. Which differences in parent-child interaction can be identified between diagnostic groups of toddlers with clinical diagnoses?2. Which differences in parent-child interaction can be identified…
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Brief title
Condition
- Developmental disorders NEC
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Research involving
Sponsors and support
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
- Parent-child interaction, coded with the Dyadic Parent-Child Interaction
Coding System (DPICS-III; Eyberg, Nelson, Duke & Boggs, 2005)
- Parental self-efficacy, assessed with the Self-Efficacy for Parenting Tasks
Index-Toddler Scale (SEPTI-TS; Coleman & Karraker, 2003) and the subscale
Parental Competence of the Nijmeegse Ouderlijke Stress Index (NOSI; de Brock,
Vermulst, Gerris & Abidin, 1992).
- Child temperament, assessed with the Early Child Behaviour Questionnaire
(ECBL; Putman, Gartstein & Rothbart, 2006) for toddlers in the age of 12 to 36
months, and the Children*s Behavior Questionnaire (CBQ; Rothbart, Ahadi,
Hershey & Fisher, 2001), for toddlers above 36 months.
Secondary outcome
- Biographical variables; child: date of birth, gender, number of siblings and
their date of birth; parent: date of birth, education, occupation, marital
status, (former) need for psychiatric/psychological help, (former)
psychiatric/psychological treatment, living situation, (former) need for help
concerning parenting.
- Psychic complaints of parents, assessed with the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised
(SCL-90-R; Derogatis, 1994).
- Emotional and behavioral problems of the child, measured with the Child
Behavior Checklist (CBCL/1*-5 , Achenbach & Rescorla, 2000). The questionnaire
will be assessed in the clinical group as part of standard procedures during
intake; scores will be derived from the medical files. In the control group the
CBCL/1*-5 will be assessed.
Background summary
Early parent-child interaction plays a crucial role in a child's development.
Special interventions for parent and child have been developed to improve this
interaction when problems occur. It is important to know which specific
problems occur in different clinical subsamples of toddlers, in order to obtain
more differentiation in interventions. Moreover, it is important to know which
improvements in parent-child interaction can be achieved during intervention,
which can be distinguished from naturally occurring changes in interaction
during toddlerhood. Risk factors of parent and child for psychopathology in the
child, e.g. *parental self-efficacy* and temperament of the child could
possibly hamper this progress in parent-child interaction. However, little is
known about how (changes in) risk factors of parent and child are related to
changes in parent-child interaction during intervention.
Study objective
This study aims to study the following questions:
1. Which differences in parent-child interaction can be identified between
diagnostic groups of toddlers with clinical diagnoses?
2. Which differences in parent-child interaction can be identified between
toddlers with clinical diagnoses and toddlers from the normal population?
3. Which changes in parent-child interaction can be achieved during
intervention, which can be distinguished from naturally occurring changes in
interaction during toddlerhood?
4. Can improvements in parent-child interaction during intervention be
predicted by *parental self-efficacy* and child temperament ?
5. What is the relation between improvement in parent-child interaction during
intervention and improvement of parental self-efficacy?
Study design
The current study has an observational design, in which a clinical sample,
derived from two institutions (parent-child dyads who participate to
parent-child intervention programs) and a control group from the normal
population, are assessed with questionnaires (concerning both child and parent)
to be filled in by the parent and filming of parent-child interaction during a
non-manipulated free play situation, on two times of measurement (with an
interval of 6-7 weeks).
Study burden and risks
The current proposal concerns a study into parent-child interaction during
toddlerhood, and can therefore only be executed with toddlers and their
parents. Parents will fill in questionnaires about themselves (psychic
complaints, parental self-efficacy (self-perception of parenting skills)) and
their child (temperament, emotional and behavioral problems). The child himself
is only actively involved in the study during filming of parent-child
interaction for a short amount of time (two times 15 minutes). This will be
done in a non-manipulated free play situation, in which parents are requested
to play with their child as usual. The total time investment for parents is
estimated 1 hour 35 minutes, divided in two times of measurement with an
interval of 6-7 weeks.
Postbus1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
NL
Postbus1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
NL
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Age
Inclusion criteria
- age child 12-48 months
For patiënts:
- Participation in parent-child intervention program for at least 8 weeks, with a minimal attendance of 6 weeks. This inclusion criterium is formulated for inclusion in the final study sample, but has no consequences for the patients' participation to the intervention program.
Exclusion criteria
For control group:
- psychiatric problems or need for psychological help in parent or child
Design
Recruitment
Followed up by the following (possibly more current) registration
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Other (possibly less up-to-date) registrations in this register
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| CCMO | NL32084.078.10 |