Parent-Child Memory Study: Improving Future Thinking Among Mothers

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.

Conditions

Behavior, Health

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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.

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

Parent-Child Memory Study: Improving Future Thinking Among Mothers

Condition
Behavior, Health
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Flint

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

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.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 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. Self-report that they have consistent contact with the child/grandchild
  • 3. Willing to participate in the study
  • 4. Able to participate in written assessments and an intervention conducted in English
  • 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. Have a phone or device that's able to use video conferencing software if interested in virtual participation
  • 1. Self-disclosed active suicidality/homicidality
  • 2. Self-disclosed current bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or psychosis
  • 3. Self-reported current and ongoing involvement with child protective services

Ages Eligible for Study

5 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Henry Ford Health System,

Study Record Dates

2025-08-31