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T.E.C.H. Parenting for Substance Abuse

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Waitlist Available

Led By Joy Gabrielli

Research Sponsored by University of Florida

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be younger than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up baseline up to year 3

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial will study how to reduce the risk of suicide in youth by changing the way parents interact with media.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for English-reading parents with internet and smartphone access, who have at least one child in middle school living with them. It aims to help these parents use media parenting techniques to prevent substance abuse in their children.

What is being tested?

The study tests a new intervention called T.E.C.H. Parenting against general positive parenting advice. The goal is to see if specific media-related parenting strategies can reduce the risk of kids starting or escalating substance use.

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves educational interventions rather than medical treatments, there are no direct physical side effects expected from participating. However, it may impact family dynamics as new parenting strategies are implemented.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline up to year 3

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline up to year 3

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline up to year 3 for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary study objectives

Media Parenting Behavior - Parent Report

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Intervention Arm - T.E.C.H. ParentingExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Intervention Arm participants will enroll in a web-based psychoeducational group (15 parents per group across 4 groups). Participants will receive psychoeducational information on media parenting, and they will be invited to participate in an online group discussion board to share their experiences with other parents in the intervention. In weeks 2-5, participants will learn about 4 domains of media parenting: 1) Talk to your child about media; 2) Educate your child about media-related risks; 3) Co-View/Co-Use media and technology actively with your child; and 4) establish House rules for media usage. Week 6 will review information and provide an "expert clinician" to support parent problem solving. Participants will receive 2-3 weekly push messages via text messaging prompting practice of skills learned in the group setting. Participants will be assessed at baseline, immediately following the 6 week intervention, and 3 months after the intervention is completed.

Group II: Control Arm - General Positive ParentingActive Control1 Intervention

The Control Arm of the RCT is the attention control group. These participants will enroll in a web-based psychoeducational group (four groups of 15 parents each). They will receive 6 weeks of online psychoeducational material, including 2-3 push messages prompting skill practice. Parents will have access to an online discussion board to share experiences with other parents. This group will match the intervention arm of the study in number of study staff contacts, time of start/duration of the group, peer support, and availability of a professional in week six for consultation on parenting issues. Control participants will not receive information on media parenting. Participants in this group will be assessed at baseline, immediately following the six-week intervention period, and 3 months after intervention completion. Participants will be asked about exposure to TECH Parenting content at baseline and follow up to address potential contamination effects across study arms.

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