NCT06195579

Nurtured Heart Parenting Intervention for Child Behavioural Problems

Completed NA Results posted Last updated 5 August 2024

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Transforming the Intense Child Workbook (Glasser, 2016) in Parent-Child Relations in 6 participants. Completed in 30 September 2023.

Timeline

27 June 2022

Primary endpoint
28 February 2023

30 September 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Lincoln
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	na
Design	single group
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	6
Start date	27 June 2022
Primary completion	28 February 2023
Estimated completion	30 September 2023
Sites	1 location across United Kingdom

Drugs / interventions tested

• Transforming the Intense Child Workbook (Glasser, 2016)

Conditions studied

• Parent-Child Relations — all drugs for Parent-Child Relations →
• Child Behavior Problem — all drugs for Child Behavior Problem →

Sponsor

University of Lincoln

Who can join

Adults 18 to 65, any sex, with Parent-Child Relations or Child Behavior Problem. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.

Parent-reported Child Behavioural Problems Primary · Measure across the baseline phase (3 weeks), intervention phase (6 weeks) and follow up (one month post intervention)

Results state the number of children for whom parents reported an improvement in behaviour using the Brief Problem Monitor (Achenbach et al., 2011).

Group	Value	95% CI
Intervention Arm	1

Idiographic Measure of Parent-perceived Problems Primary · Measured at the beginning of the baseline and follow up (one month post intervention)

Results state the number of children for whom parents reported an improvement on the ideographic goals set by parents. Measured using the PSYCHLOPS (Ainsworth et al., 2009)

Group	Value	95% CI
Intervention Arm	3

Negative Parenting Practices Secondary · Measure across the baseline phase (3 weeks), intervention phase (6 weeks) and follow up (one month post intervention)

Parents whose negative parenting practices reduced, measured using the Multidimensional Assessment of Parenting Scale (Parent and Forehand, 2017)

Group	Value	95% CI
Intervention Arm	1

Parental Reflective Functioning Secondary · Measure across the baseline phase (3 weeks), intervention phase (6 weeks) and follow up (one month post intervention)

Parents whose parental reflective function improved due to the intervention, measured using the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (Luyten et al., 2017)

Group	Value	95% CI
Intervention Arm	3

Parental Wellbeing Secondary · Measured at the beginning of the baseline and follow up (one month post intervention)

Number of parents whose wellbeing improved when measured using the SWEMWBS (Tennanet et al., 2007).

Group	Value	95% CI
Intervention Arm	2

Sponsor's own description

Behavioural problems are prevalent in children, yet the consequences can be significant for the child, family and wider society. Effective intervention is paramount in reducing the impact of childhood behavioural problems. The Nurtured Heart Approach (NHA; Glasser \& Easley, 2016) is an atheoretical parenting intervention which aims to reduce childhood behavioural problems. Although used in clinical practice, there is little empirical research on the effectiveness of the NHA. The aims of the study were to examine whether the NHA reduced parent-reported child behavioural problems, reduced negative parenting practices, and increased parental reflective functioning.

The study used a multiple baseline single case design. Parents of children with behavioural problems were recruited from CAMHS waiting lists. The NHA was delivered in a guided self-help format, using the Transforming the Intense Child workbook (Glasser, 2016) and weekly phone calls. Data collection involved psychometric measures of parent-reported child behavioural problems, parenting practices and parental reflecting functioning. Measures were repeated throughout baseline and intervention phases. A follow-up four weeks after the intervention included final measure administration and a change interview. The data were graphed and visually analysed. Supplementary analysis included reliable and clinically significant change, Tau-U and percentage exceeding the median. Framework analysis was used to analyse the change interview.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.