Comparing Interventions To Improve The Well-Being Of Custodial Grandfamilies

Summary

This study is a multi-site, four-year long clinical trial study in which several mental health interventions will be delivered to custodial grandmothers and then compared. The study will examine effects on the mental health of these grandmothers and the grandchildren they provide full-time care to in complete absence of the grandchild's birth parents. Grandparents from diverse racial, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds will be recruited to test for cultural differences in response to these interventions. This study is important because there is growing evidence that custodial grandchildren are at-risk for psychological difficulties due to neglect and abuse by birth parents, challenges to parenting faced by custodial grandparents, and limited access to needed services. This study is funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research, a division of the National Institutes of Health, and it is anticipated that more than 500 custodial grandfamilies in four sites across the United States will partake.

Conditions

• Custodial Grandparents

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Behavioral Parent Training

Triple-P program involves 11 weeks of ongoing group support with contact one time per week with trained group leaders

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Support group based intervention involving sessions one time per week for 11 weeks with 9-12 grandmothers, 1 trained professional group leader, and 1 trained peer leader

BEHAVIORAL

Psychosocial-Informational support

Standard of care normally provided to custodial grandparents. Involves providing information and support in the context of a weekly group meeting with 9-12 grandparents, 1 professional group leader \& 1 peer leader over the course of 11 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

  collaborator NIH

• Kent State University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Gregory Smith, Ed.D. · Kent State University

• Bert Hayslip, Ph.D. · University of North Texas Health Science Center

• Karie Feldman, Ph.D. · Kent State University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2012-01-31

Primary Completion

2014-10-31

Completion

2014-10-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations