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Improving Father-Child and Father-Partner Relationships Among Black and Hispanic Fathers

NCT05214898 · Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 350

Last updated 2025-06-05

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Summary

Fathers play a unique role in the lives of children, with high quality interactions found to improve a child's executive functioning and general school achievement. Father involvement also has positive impacts on fathers themselves, with more involved fathers reporting more self-confidence in their parenting, more satisfaction with parenting, demonstration of more maturity, and reports of less psychosocial distress. However, poverty can have a negative association with fathers parenting and child outcomes, though paternal warmth can mediate this relationship. Children's Institute Inc will recruit and implement the 24/7 Dad program which is designed to provide a comprehensive evidenced-based fatherhood program that builds and strengthens father-child relationships. The curriculum for the primary workshops will be the 24/7 Dad curriculum, which addresses both the responsible parenting and healthy relationship areas in this project. A quasi-experimental interrupted time series (ITS) design allows for a continuous sequence of observations on a population, taken repeatedly over time.

Conditions

  • Parent-Child Relations
  • Partner Communication
  • Parenting

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

24/7 Dad

The 24/7 Dad curriculum is an evidence-based, skills driven curriculum (12 group sessions). The following topics are included: Family History, What it Means to Be a Man, Showing and Handling Feelings, Men's Health, Communication, The Father's Role, Discipline, Children's Growth, Getting Involved, Working with \& Co-Parenting, Dads and Work, and the "My 24/7Dad Checklist". Healthy Relationship topics include: Communication Skills, including expression, discussion, and negotiation skills; Conflict Resolution and Anger Management; Problem-Solving; and Knowledge of the Benefits of Marriage. Responsible Parenting areas of focus include: children's growth/development; non-violent discipline; co-parenting; building conflict resolutions skills (for the child and the family); and, enhancing family relationships.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Children's Institute

    collaborator OTHER

  • Children's Bureau - Administration for Children and Families

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Southern California

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Julie A Cederbaum, PhD · University of Southern California

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-04-01
Primary Completion
2025-06-15
Completion
2025-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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