ERIC Number: EJ1476129
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1389-4986
EISSN: EISSN-1573-6695
Available Date: 2024-11-18
Digital Health Delivery of Parenting Skills to Improve Conduct Problems in Middle School Youth across Two Distinct Randomized Trials
Elizabeth Stormshak1; Arin Connell2; Anne Marie Mauricio1; Morgan McLaughlin2; Allison Caruthers1
Prevention Science, v26 n4 p582-591 2025
This study evaluated direct and indirect effects of the Family Check-Up Online (FCU-O) across two distinct randomized trials with middle school youth and families. The FCU-O is a digital health adaptation of the Family Check-Up that is delivered in a brief, online format with supportive coaching. The FCU-O was delivered to parents of middle school youth with a focus on targeting both proximal and distal outcomes that impact the development of conduct problems, including a range of parenting skills, effortful control, and youth emotional problems. Participants were primary caregivers of children aged 10 to 14 years. Eligibility varied across the trials and included endorsing depression or significant stress, or having a child enrolled in a school with limited resources. A total of 374 participants across trials were included in the analysis and were randomly assigned to receive the intervention or control. Using Integrative Data Analytic techniques, we examined the effects of random assignment on a range of outcomes, including emotional and behavior problems, parenting skills, parenting confidence, and effortful control. We examined the indirect effects of the FCU-O on changes in conduct problems from baseline to 6 months via changes in mediator variables at the first follow-up assessment (2--3 months). The FCU-O improved emotional problems, effortful control, parenting confidence, and parent sense of importance at the first follow-up. Mediation analyses suggested indirect effects on conduct problems at 6-month follow-up via improvements in effortful control and emotional problems, but not via improvements in parenting confidence or sense of parenting importance. Results indicate the FCU-O has potential as a public health intervention for families with middle school youth to reduce behavioral risk. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT 03060291; NCT 05117099.
Descriptors: Parenting Skills, Health Services, Delivery Systems, Family Programs, Middle School Students, Behavior Problems, Emotional Problems, Child Caregivers, Child Rearing, Intervention, Stress Management, Student Behavior
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (DHHS/NIH); National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (DHHS/PHS), Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: MH12221301S1FCU; DA037628
Author Affiliations: 1University of Oregon, Prevention Science Institute, Eugene, OR, USA; 2Case Western Reserve University, Department of Psychological Sciences, Cleveland, OH, USA

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