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Empowering Anxious Parents to Manage Child Avoidance Behaviors

NCT04453865 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2021-03-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Efforts to develop and disseminate evidence based practices (EBPs) for youth anxiety have made great strides. Still, up to 82.2% of youth who need mental health treatment for anxiety never access care or drop out prematurely; commonly cited barriers to treatment are shortage of care, transportation limitations, financial burden, and gatekeeping behaviors by caretakers. As such, there is great need for accessible, scalable interventions that can ameliorate the global burden of youth anxiety, including those that help prevent the onset of anxiety in high-risk children. Single session interventions (SSIs), which have prevented and reduced child anxiety across numerous trials to date, may offer a promising solution, given their potential disseminability and cost-effectiveness. The proposed randomized trial will evaluate the effects of a novel, web-based, self-guided SSI designed to systematically reduce parent accommodation: a parenting behavior identified as a strong risk factor for anxiety in offspring. Study aims will be three-fold: (1) to examine the SSI's direct effects on parental accommodation, relative to an information-only control; (2) to assess the SSI's immediate effects on parents' perceived ability to help their children manage distressing situations; and (3) to evaluate the SSI's feasibility and acceptability. We will recruit parents reporting elevated anxiety levels, as children of anxious parents are at particular risk for developing anxiety symptoms themselves. Results may suggest a promising approach to preventing anxiety in at-risk children.

Conditions

  • Anxiety Disorders

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Project EMPOWER

Project EMPOWER is a web-based, self-administered SSI for parents that takes about 30 minutes to complete

OTHER

Online Resources and Referrals

Information sheet containing materials about the nature of child anxiety and a list of national resources related anxiety treatment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-07-05
Primary Completion
2020-09-30
Completion
2020-10-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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