RECRUITING

Parent-Child Memory Study: Improving Future Thinking Among Mothers

Study Overview

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Description

Parents of children from impoverished communities are disproportionately more likely to engage in harsh physical discipline, which can lead to serious clinical outcomes, including suicidal ideation and attempts. One mechanism linking low resource environments and maladaptive parenting strategies is maternal delay discounting, or the tendency to value smaller, immediate rewards (such as stopping children's misbehavior via physical means) relative to larger, but delayed rewards (like improving the parent-child relationship). This study will examine the efficacy of implementing a low-cost, brief intervention targeting the reduction of maternal delay discounting to inform broader public health efforts aimed at improving adolescent mental health outcomes in traditionally underserved communities.

Official Title

Parent-Child Memory Study: Improving Future Thinking Among Mothers From a Traditionally Underserved Community to Reduce Harsh Parenting and Improve Child Outcomes - A Randomized Controlled Trial

Quick Facts

Study Start:2024-02-06
Study Completion:2025-08-31
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT06145919

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:5 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:FEMALE
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:Yes
Standard Ages:CHILD, ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. 1. A mother and or grandmother from the Flint area with a child/grandchild between the ages of 5-10 who can provide legal consent for that child
  2. 2. Self-report that they have consistent contact with the child/grandchild
  3. 3. Willing to participate in the study
  4. 4. Able to participate in written assessments and an intervention conducted in English
  5. 5. Have a working cell phone that can receive and send text messages and be willing to receive/send text messages as part of the study
  6. 6. Have a phone or device that's able to use video conferencing software if interested in virtual participation
  1. 1. Self-disclosed active suicidality/homicidality
  2. 2. Self-disclosed current bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or psychosis
  3. 3. Self-reported current and ongoing involvement with child protective services

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Julia Felton, PhD
CONTACT
704-995-7832
Jfelton4@hfhs.org

Study Locations (Sites)

Mothers of Joy Institute for Parenting and Family Wellness, Inc
Flint, Michigan, 48503
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Henry Ford Health System

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 Date2024-02-06
Study Completion Date2025-08-31

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2024-02-06
Study Completion Date2025-08-31

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • episodic future thinking
  • episodic recent thinking
  • delay discounting
  • parent-child relations
  • low resource
  • Flint, Michigan
  • special play time

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Behavior, Health