ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Factorial Optimization Trial to Test Effects of Coping Intervention Components

Study Overview

This clinical trial focuses on testing the efficacy of different digital interventions to promote re-engagement in cancer-related long-term follow-up care for adolescent and young adult (AYA) survivors of childhood cancer.

Description

This study will identify components for inclusion in a coping intervention package to reduce mental health problems among children exposed to high interparental conflict after parental separation/divorce. Reappraisal, distraction, and relaxation coping strategies are related to fewer mental health problems among children, making intervention components based on these strategies key candidates for inclusion in an optimized coping intervention. The primary aim is to experimentally assess the main and interactive effects of three digital intervention coping components (reappraisal, distraction, relaxation) on children's coping efficacy, emotional security, and internalizing and externalizing problems. Secondary aims are to assess indirect effects of the intervention components on children's coping efficacy, emotional security, and internalizing and externalizing problems through their cognitive, emotional, and behavioral reactions to post-separation/divorce interparental conflict events.

Official Title

Promoting Effective Coping by Children Exposed to Post-divorce Interparental Conflict to Reduce Risk for Mental Health Problems

Quick Facts

Study Start:2023-02-18
Study Completion:2025-12-15
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT05822687

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:9 Years to 12 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No
Standard Ages:CHILD
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * child between ages 9-12 whose parents are separated or divorced
  2. * child and one parent are fluent in English
  3. * a parent with sufficient contact (i.e., at least 4 overnights and/or 12 daytime visits per month) with child who is willing to complete study assessments and has legal right to give permission for the child to participate in research
  4. * child-report of high exposure to IPC (mean Z score ≥ 40th percentile on the two child report measures of IPC; score standardization based on data from 559 youth whose parents participated in an experimental parenting program)
  5. * elevated internalizing or externalizing problems (T score in the borderline clinical range according to either child or parent report on the BPM).
  1. * in active therapy
  2. * score ≥ 99th percentile on either internalizing and externalizing problems subscale
  3. * endorse suicidality (will be ineligible for the study and referred for treatment)

Contacts and Locations

Principal Investigator

Karey L O'Hara, PhD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Arizona State University

Study Locations (Sites)

Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona, 85087
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Arizona State University

  • Karey L O'Hara, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Arizona State University

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2023-02-18
Study Completion Date2025-12-15

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2023-02-18
Study Completion Date2025-12-15

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • optimization
  • parental divorce/separation
  • interparental conflict
  • adaptive coping
  • child mental health

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Coping Skills
  • Emotional Problem