Future Thinking to Improve Parent-Child Relationships

NCT05963633 NA ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Parents with substance use disorders are disproportionately more likely to engage in harsh physical discipline, which can lead to serious clinical outcomes, including child maltreatment and the intergenerational transmission of addictive disorders. One mechanism linking substance use and maladaptive parenting strategies is parental delay discounting, or the tendency to value smaller, immediate rewards (such as stopping children's misbehavior via physical punishment) relative to larger, but delayed rewards (like shaping adaptive child behaviors over time). This study will examine the effectiveness of a brief, episodic future thinking (EFT) intervention in a substance use treatment setting to increase parents' focus on positive, future events associated with enhancing the parent-child relationship. This study will inform broader public health efforts aimed at reducing child maltreatment and interrupting intergenerational cycles of substance abuse in traditionally underserved communities.

Details

Lead sponsor	Henry Ford Health System
Phase	NA
Status	ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Enrolment	72
Start date	Fri Sep 01 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Completion	Mon Dec 01 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Conditions

• Behavior, Health

Interventions

• Episodic Future Thinking (EFT)
• Episodic Recent Thinking (ERT)

Countries

United States