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The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a web-based version of the Family Check-up (FCU). The FCU is a school-based family-centered intervention that has been developed over the past 20 years and tested across the United States with diverse populations. It focuses on enhancing parenting skills and family management in early adolescence. The FCU has been shown to be highly effective at reducing adolescent problem behavior, achievement problems, depression, and substance use over an extended period of time.
In the original FCU, parents complete an assessment that evaluates family strengths and challenges. They then receive feedback from a family consultant about how their data compare to other families with children of the same age. As part of this feedback session, the consultant helps motivate parents to make changes at home that will positively impact their child and family overall. Parents and consultants decide together which child behaviors they most want to see change. The consultant then works with parents to enhance relevant parenting and family management skills.
Despite the demonstrated effectiveness of this intervention, few schools have the resources and staffing to implement it without substantial support. It seems, then, that schools would benefit from an online package that requires fewer school resources to implement. The FCU-Online is designed to incorporate the successful components of the original FCU while reducing the burden on schools. And, because it is accessed online, parents can utilize this resource at a time and location convenient to them.
In this study, 300 families will be randomly assigned to one of three conditions: a web/ mobile-only version of the FCU, a web/mobile + coach version, or middle school as usual. Research on mental health interventions delivered over the internet suggests that a coach or "in-person" contact enhances outcomes. However, programs that require no coaching or in-person contact are cheaper and easier for schools to deliver. Therefore, a web/ mobile-only version may allow more schools to deliver the intervention to a greater number of families and children. Thus, investigators will test the relative effectiveness of a coach version versus an online-only version at improving key parenting skills. It is predicted that changes in parenting will lead to reductions in risk behavior, such as problem behavior at school and substance use.
School-based, family-centered interventions for reducing substance use in adolescence have been shown to be highly effective and result in reductions in problem behavior, achievement problems, depression, and substance use over time. Although these interventions have been shown to be effective in efficacy trials across the United States, few schools have the resources to implement these interventions without substantial support. Barriers such as low staffing, poorly trained staff, and limited resources prevent the successful uptake of family-centered interventions in schools, yet most school systems are supportive of enhancing family-school partnerships. Because school systems lack the necessary infrastructure and resources to deliver such an intervention, they would benefit from an online package that is evidence based and accessible to parents. However, few family-centered, web-based interventions for substance use prevention exist on the Internet, and few if any are derived from empirically based programs.
To address this gap, project investigators are developing and will be testing the efficacy of an online version of the Family Check-Up (FCU) for schools that parents can use either at the school or at home. The FCU is a school-based, model-driven intervention that has been developed during the past 20 years and has been iteratively revised on the basis of multiple intervention trials with diverse populations. This study is building upon the investigators' successful program of research by developing and testing the efficacy of The FCU-Online. It is designed to incorporate the successful components of the original FCU, such as a strengths-based assessment that is norm referenced, feedback using motivational interviewing, and follow-up modules that focus on enhancing parenting skills and family management in early adolescence. This research is designed to randomly assign 300 families to receive middle school as usual, the FCU-Online web/mobile only, or the FCU-Online web/mobile+coach version. Research on the delivery of mental health interventions via the Internet suggests that a coach or "in person" contact enhances outcomes; however, programs that require no coaching or in-person contact may have a larger public health impact. A coach version of the intervention will be compared with an online-only version that requires no staffing at schools. Project investigators will test the efficacy of this online version with respect to changing key parenting constructs, such as positive parenting and parental monitoring. It is predicted that changes in parenting will lead to reductions in risk behavior, such as problem behavior at school and substance use. This research will significantly contribute to researchers' understanding of effective interventions for adolescents that reduce risk behavior and substance use during the transition to high school, and it can significantly contribute to the overall uptake and dissemination of family-centered interventions in schools.
Specific aims of this study are as follows:
Aim 1: Design and evaluate a web-based FCU intervention for at-risk families of early adolescents (ages 11-14) that is guided by feedback from focus groups and targets known risk factors of later substance use. The program will feature online assessment and feedback to caretakers delivered via either phone or Internet. An intervention website application and mobile messaging will support delivery of program modules and help motivate and facilitate tracking of activities. Examples will be presented to potential users, including parents and school personnel, to assess feasibility and usability. A 6-month pilot study will test all recruitment, assessment, and intervention procedures.
Aim 2: Examine the efficacy of the FCU-Online intervention by conducting a randomized, controlled trial of 300 at-risk middle school youths. Research suggests that a live coach enhances outcomes associated with web-based interventions; however, a web-based intervention that requires no coaching can be widely disseminated and has greater potential for a large public health impact. The investigators propose to examine outcomes associated with a web/mobile+coach version and a web/mobile-only version of the FCU. Families will be randomly assigned to the FCU-Online intervention (100 web/mobile+coach, 100 web/mobile only) or middle school as usual (n = 100).
Aim 2.1. Evaluate main effects of both versions of the FCU-Online, including academic achievement, behavioral control, family cohesiveness, and delayed onset of substance use.
Aim 2.2. Test a developmental, mediational model in which parenting skills and behavior mediate changes in youth behavior over time. It is expected that families who receive the FCU will show reductions in growth of youths' risk behavior, compared with the control group. Reductions will be mediated by positive changes in parenting behaviors and parenting skill development.
Aim 2.3. Examine moderators, including gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, and model intervention effects by testing moderators over time. The investigators will assess the feasibility of the FCU as an Internet-delivered intervention in middle schools, the extent to which participants engage in the intervention and complete the program, satisfaction with the program, and effects of the FCU on improved parenting skills, positive youth adjustment, and reductions in youth problem behavior over 2 years.
Aim 2.4. Examine factors related to successful uptake and implementation of the intervention in schools. The public health impact of an Internet intervention is diminished if uptake of the intervention is poor. To understand factors related to implementation in schools, school personnel will be trained at the end of the project in delivery of the FCU-Online intervention. The investigators will assess feasibility, usage, coach fidelity, and uptake through engagement data collected via the website. Data from teachers and school administrators will be collected to examine factors that promote implementation in schools and that further researchers' understanding of how this intervention will be applied in a real-world setting.
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| Web/ Mobile-only | Experimental | Participants will complete the FCU online independently, without the help of a coach. |
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| Web/mobile + coach | Active Comparator | Participants will complete the FCU online and will be contacted by a family coach. The coach will conduct motivational interviewing and provide support to parents via phone. Participants in this condition will have contact with a coach at least 2 times. |
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| Wait list control | No Intervention | Participants in this condition will receive "middle school as usual", meaning that they will continue to receive whatever services are normally provided by the middle school during the year of their participation in the study. Once their research participation is completed (i.e., after they complete their final follow-up survey), participants in this condition will be offered the opportunity to use the FCU-Online website if they wish, without the support of a coach. No additional data will be collected. |
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| FCU-Online, web/ mobile only | Behavioral | Participants will be invited to complete the FCU via the FCU-Online website. They will complete an assessment, receive computer-generated feedback, and access to skills units designed to teach parents the importance of using specific parenting skills, provide practice opportunities to try these skills, and tools to track their use of these parenting skills and any associated changes in child behavior. |
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| Change From Baseline in Youth Effortful Control Across 12 Months (Parent Report) | Parents reported on their child's effortful attention control via questionnaire using an 8-item subscale of the Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire- Revised. Parents were asked to use a 5-pt scale with endpoints of "almost always untrue" and "almost always true" to indicate how well each of 8 statements described their child. Scores ranged from 1-5. High scores indicate greater self-regulation. | baseline; 3 months; 6 months; 1 year |
| Change From Baseline in Sense of Parenting Importance Across 12 Months (Parent Report) | Using a measure developed for the purposes of this study, parents were provided with a list of 14 parenting skills that closely corresponded to skills that were supported in the FCU Online parenting curriculum, shich as "providing praise and encouragement for good behavior" and "setting clear rules and expectations for behavior." For each parenting skill, parents were asked to indicate the importance of this skill during the middle school years using a 5-point scale with endpoints of "not at all important" and "very important." Scores ranged from 1-5. Higher scores indicate higher endorsement of the importance of parenting skills. | baseline; 3 months; 6 months; 1 year |
| Change From Baseline in Sense of Parenting Confidence Across 12 Months (Parent Report) | Using a measure developed for the purposes of this study, parents were provided with a list of 14 parenting skills that closely corresponded to skills that were supported in the FCU Online parenting curriculum, shich as "providing praise and encouragement for good behavior" and "setting clear rules and expectations for behavior." For each parenting skill, parents were asked to indicate their level of confidence in using each skill with their child using a 5-point scale with endpoints of "not at all confident" and "very confident." Scores ranged from 1 to 5. Higher scores indicate greater confidence in using parenting skills. | baseline; 3 months; 6 months; 1 year |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Elizabeth Stormshak, PhD | University of Oregon | Principal Investigator |
| John Seeley, PhD | University of Oregon | Principal Investigator |
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| University of Oregon | Portland | Oregon | 97209 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 39556238 | Derived | Stormshak E, Connell A, Mauricio AM, McLaughlin M, Caruthers A. Digital Health Delivery of Parenting Skills to Improve Conduct Problems in Middle School Youth Across Two Distinct Randomized Trials. Prev Sci. 2025 May;26(4):582-591. doi: 10.1007/s11121-024-01750-2. Epub 2024 Nov 18. | |
| 30021712 | Derived | Danaher BG, Seeley JR, Stormshak EA, Tyler MS, Caruthers AS, Moore KJ, Cardenas L. The Family Check-Up Online Program for Parents of Middle School Students: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2018 Jul 18;7(7):e11106. doi: 10.2196/11106. |
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432 families inquired about study participation. Some were excluded due to not returning the initial survey (n=66), declining to participate (n=8), or not meeting inclusion criteria (n=11). Siblings, monolingual Spanish speakers, and families who participated in prior FCU studies (n=25) were assigned to a nonexperimental condition; they received support but were not included in the analytic sample. Families who returned baseline surveys (n=322) were randomly assigned to one of three conditions.
During two consecutive school years, all families with a 6th or 7th grade student enrolled in one of eight public middle schools in Oregon (two rural, two urban, and four suburban schools) were contacted and invited to participate via an email sent by the principal. Schools ranged in size from 294 to 839 students; the percentage of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch ranged from 52% to 100%. Families were recruited between February 2017 and June 2018.
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| FG000 | Web/ Mobile-only | Participants will complete the FCU online independently, without the help of a coach. FCU-Online, web/ mobile only: Participants will be invited to complete the FCU via the FCU-Online website. They will complete an assessment, receive computer-generated feedback, and access to skills units designed to teach parents the importance of using specific parenting skills, provide practice opportunities to try these skills, and tools to track their use of these parenting skills and any associated changes in child behavior. |
| FG001 | Web/Mobile + Coach | Participants will complete the FCU online and will be contacted by a family coach. The coach will conduct motivational interviewing and provide support to parents via phone. Participants in this condition will have contact with a coach at least 2 times. FCU-Online, web/ mobile + coach: Participants will be invited to complete the FCU via the FCU-Online website. They will complete an assessment, receive computer-generated feedback, and access to skills units designed to teach parents the importance of using specific parenting skills, provide practice opportunities to try these skills, and tools to track their use of these parenting skills and any associated changes in child behavior. Participants will also have access to a "family coach" who will motivate parents to enhance parenting skills and provide support while they are learning to use these skills. |
| FG002 | Wait List Control | Participants in this condition will receive "middle school as usual", meaning that they will continue to receive whatever services are normally provided by the middle school during the year of their participation in the study. Once their research participation is completed (i.e., after they complete their final follow-up survey), participants in this condition will be offered the opportunity to use the FCU-Online website if they wish, without the support of a coach. No additional data will be collected. |
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At baseline there were 109 parent-child dyads in the web/ mobile-only condition (n=218), 108 dyads in the web/ mobile + coach condition (n=216), and 105 dyads in the wait list control condition (n=210). Descriptive statistics have been provided for the children's demographics, but only parent data were included in outcome analyses.
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| BG000 | Web/ Mobile-only | Participants will complete the FCU online independently, without the help of a coach. FCU-Online, web/ mobile only: Participants will be invited to complete the FCU via the FCU-Online website. They will complete an assessment, receive computer-generated feedback, and access to skills units designed to teach parents the importance of using specific parenting skills, provide practice opportunities to try these skills, and tools to track their use of these parenting skills and any associated changes in child behavior. |
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| Age, Continuous | At baseline there were 109 parent-child dyads in the web/ mobile-only condition, 108 dyads in the web/ mobile + coach condition, and 105 dyads in the wait list control condition. Data entered in this section represent individuals, not dyads. Child demographics were collected but only parent outcomes analyzed. |
| Type | Title | Description | Population Description | Reporting Status | Anticipated Posting Date | Parameter Type | Dispersion Type | Unit of Measure | Calculate Percentage | Time Frame | Units Analyzed | Denominator Units Selected | Arm/Group Information | Denominators | Classes | Analyses | |||
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| Primary | Change From Baseline in Youth Effortful Control Across 12 Months (Parent Report) | Parents reported on their child's effortful attention control via questionnaire using an 8-item subscale of the Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire- Revised. Parents were asked to use a 5-pt scale with endpoints of "almost always untrue" and "almost always true" to indicate how well each of 8 statements described their child. Scores ranged from 1-5. High scores indicate greater self-regulation. | Number of participants differs between baseline and follow-up waves due to attrition (e.g., participants not returning follow-up surveys). | Posted | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | baseline; 3 months; 6 months; 1 year |
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Participants were monitored for adverse events over the study period (until their 12-month post-test was completed).
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| EG000 | Web/ Mobile-only | Participants will complete the FCU online independently, without the help of a coach. FCU-Online, web/ mobile only: Participants will be invited to complete the FCU via the FCU-Online website. They will complete an assessment, receive computer-generated feedback, and access to skills units designed to teach parents the importance of using specific parenting skills, provide practice opportunities to try these skills, and tools to track their use of these parenting skills and any associated changes in child behavior. |
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| Dr. Allison Caruthers | University of Oregon Prevention Science Institute | 503-412-3770 | ascaru@uoregon.edu |
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| Prot | Yes | No | No | Study Protocol | Mar 18, 2019 | May 19, 2023 | Prot_000.pdf |
| SAP | No | Yes | No | Statistical Analysis Plan | Jul 14, 2020 | May 19, 2023 | SAP_001.pdf |
| ICF | No | No | Yes | Informed Consent Form | Jan 26, 2017 | May 19, 2023 | ICF_002.pdf |
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| D019966 | Substance-Related Disorders |
| D003863 | Depression |
| D001008 | Anxiety Disorders |
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| D064419 | Chemically-Induced Disorders |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
| D001526 | Behavioral Symptoms |
| D001519 | Behavior |
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Participants will be randomly assigned to one of three conditions: a web/mobile-only condition, a web/mobile + coach condition, or a wait list control group who will receive the web/mobile-only treatment one year after enrolling in the study.
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| FCU-Online, web/ mobile + coach | Behavioral | Participants will be invited to complete the FCU via the FCU-Online website. They will complete an assessment, receive computer-generated feedback, and access to skills units designed to teach parents the importance of using specific parenting skills, provide practice opportunities to try these skills, and tools to track their use of these parenting skills and any associated changes in child behavior. Participants will also have access to a "family coach" who will motivate parents to enhance parenting skills and provide support while they are learning to use these skills. |
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Parenting self-efficacy was assessed with 8 self-report items adapted from the Parenting Task Checklist. Using a 5-pt scale with endpoints of "not confident at all" and "very confident," parents were asked to indicated their level of confidence in handling 8 negative child behaviors such as "your child arguing with you about rules" and "your child's mood swings." Scores ranged from 0 to 4. Higher scores indicate greater parenting confidence/ self-efficacy. |
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| Change From Baseline in Youth Conduct Problems Across 12 Months (Parent Report) | Parents reported on their child's problem behavior using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), a 25-item brief behavioral screening questionnaire that consists of 5 subscales with 5 questions each. The 5 subscales are conduct problems, emotional problems, hyperactivity, peer problems, and prosocial behavior. Parents were asked to indicate the extent to which statements were true of their child's behavior in the past month using a 3-pt scale (not true, somewhat true, and certainly true). The conduct problems subscale included items such as "often loses temper" and "often fights with other youth or bullies them." Scores ranged from 0 to 10. High scores indicate greater conduct problems. | baseline; 3 months; 6 months; 1 year |
| Change From Baseline in Youth Hyperactivity Across 12 Months (Parent Report) | Parents reported on their child's problem behavior using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), a 25-item brief behavioral screening questionnaire that consists of 5 subscales with 5 questions each. The 5 subscales are conduct problems, emotional problems, hyperactivity, peer problems, and prosocial behavior. Parents were asked to indicate the extent to which statements were true of their child's behavior in the past month using a 3-pt scale (not true, somewhat true, and certainly true). The hyperactivity subscale included items such as "restless, overactive, cannon sit still for long" and "easily distracted, concentration wanders." Scores ranged from 0 to 10. High scores indicate greater hyperactivity. | baseline; 3 months; 6 months; 1 year |
| Change From Baseline in Youth Emotional Problems Across 12 Months (Parent Report) | Parents reported on their child's problem behavior using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), a 25-item brief behavioral screening questionnaire that consists of 5 subscales with 5 questions each. The 5 subscales are conduct problems, emotional problems, hyperactivity, peer problems, and prosocial behavior. Parents were asked to indicate the extent to which statements were true of their child's behavior in the past month using a 3-pt scale (not true, somewhat true, and certainly true). The emotional problems subscale included items such as "many worries or often seemed worried" and "often unhappy, depressed, or tearful." Scores ranged from 0 to 10. High scores indicate greater emotional problems. | baseline; 3 months; 6 months; 1 year |
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| BG001 | Web/Mobile + Coach | Participants will complete the FCU online and will be contacted by a family coach. The coach will conduct motivational interviewing and provide support to parents via phone. Participants in this condition will have contact with a coach at least 2 times. FCU-Online, web/ mobile + coach: Participants will be invited to complete the FCU via the FCU-Online website. They will complete an assessment, receive computer-generated feedback, and access to skills units designed to teach parents the importance of using specific parenting skills, provide practice opportunities to try these skills, and tools to track their use of these parenting skills and any associated changes in child behavior. Participants will also have access to a "family coach" who will motivate parents to enhance parenting skills and provide support while they are learning to use these skills. |
| BG002 | Wait List Control | Participants in this condition will receive "middle school as usual", meaning that they will continue to receive whatever services are normally provided by the middle school during the year of their participation in the study. Once their research participation is completed (i.e., after they complete their final follow-up survey), participants in this condition will be offered the opportunity to use the FCU-Online website if they wish, without the support of a coach. No additional data will be collected. |
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| Sex: Female, Male | At baseline there were 109 parent-child dyads in the web/ mobile-only condition, 108 dyads in the web/ mobile + coach condition, and 105 dyads in the wait list control condition. Data entered in this section represent individuals, not dyads. Child demographics were collected but only parent outcomes analyzed. | Count of Participants | Participants |
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| Ethnicity (NIH/OMB) | At baseline there were 109 parent-child dyads in the web/ mobile-only condition, 108 dyads in the web/ mobile + coach condition, and 105 dyads in the wait list control condition. Data entered in this section represent individuals, not dyads. Child demographics were collected but only parent outcomes analyzed. | Count of Participants | Participants |
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| Race (NIH/OMB) | At baseline there were 109 parent-child dyads in the web/ mobile-only condition, 108 dyads in the web/ mobile + coach condition, and 105 dyads in the wait list control condition. Data entered in this section represent individuals, not dyads. Child demographics were collected but only parent outcomes analyzed. | Count of Participants | Participants |
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| Family Socioeconomic Status (SES) Risk | Cumulative risk index (range 0-6) measuring multiple risk factors. The index is based on six dichotomous demographic indicators: the parent does not have a high school diploma or GED, the parent is single, the parent's income is below the poverty threshold (relative to family size), the parent is a recipient of financial assistance (e.g., food stamps), the parent is currently unemployed, or the family's home is overcrowded (i.e., in the bottom one-third of the sample for room-to-occupant ratio). A higher score indicates higher cumulative risk. | This variable was only collected from one member of each parent-child dyad (specifically, it was collected from the parent), so the row population is 1/2 of the overall population in which parents and children were combined. | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale |
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| OG001 | Web/Mobile + Coach | Participants will complete the FCU online and will be contacted by a family coach. The coach will conduct motivational interviewing and provide support to parents via phone. Participants in this condition will have contact with a coach at least 2 times. FCU-Online, web/ mobile + coach: Participants will be invited to complete the FCU via the FCU-Online website. They will complete an assessment, receive computer-generated feedback, and access to skills units designed to teach parents the importance of using specific parenting skills, provide practice opportunities to try these skills, and tools to track their use of these parenting skills and any associated changes in child behavior. Participants will also have access to a "family coach" who will motivate parents to enhance parenting skills and provide support while they are learning to use these skills. |
| OG002 | Wait List Control | Participants in this condition will receive "middle school as usual", meaning that they will continue to receive whatever services are normally provided by the middle school during the year of their participation in the study. Once their research participation is completed (i.e., after they complete their final follow-up survey), participants in this condition will be offered the opportunity to use the FCU-Online website if they wish, without the support of a coach. No additional data will be collected. |
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| Primary | Change From Baseline in Sense of Parenting Importance Across 12 Months (Parent Report) | Using a measure developed for the purposes of this study, parents were provided with a list of 14 parenting skills that closely corresponded to skills that were supported in the FCU Online parenting curriculum, shich as "providing praise and encouragement for good behavior" and "setting clear rules and expectations for behavior." For each parenting skill, parents were asked to indicate the importance of this skill during the middle school years using a 5-point scale with endpoints of "not at all important" and "very important." Scores ranged from 1-5. Higher scores indicate higher endorsement of the importance of parenting skills. | Number of participants differs between baseline and follow-up waves due to attrition (e.g., participants not returning follow-up surveys). | Posted | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | baseline; 3 months; 6 months; 1 year |
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| Primary | Change From Baseline in Sense of Parenting Confidence Across 12 Months (Parent Report) | Using a measure developed for the purposes of this study, parents were provided with a list of 14 parenting skills that closely corresponded to skills that were supported in the FCU Online parenting curriculum, shich as "providing praise and encouragement for good behavior" and "setting clear rules and expectations for behavior." For each parenting skill, parents were asked to indicate their level of confidence in using each skill with their child using a 5-point scale with endpoints of "not at all confident" and "very confident." Scores ranged from 1 to 5. Higher scores indicate greater confidence in using parenting skills. | Number of participants differs between baseline and follow-up waves due to attrition (e.g., participants not returning follow-up surveys). | Posted | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | baseline; 3 months; 6 months; 1 year |
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| Primary | Change From Baseline in Parenting Self-Efficacy Across 12 Months (Parent Report) | Parenting self-efficacy was assessed with 8 self-report items adapted from the Parenting Task Checklist. Using a 5-pt scale with endpoints of "not confident at all" and "very confident," parents were asked to indicated their level of confidence in handling 8 negative child behaviors such as "your child arguing with you about rules" and "your child's mood swings." Scores ranged from 0 to 4. Higher scores indicate greater parenting confidence/ self-efficacy. | Number of participants differs between baseline and follow-up waves due to attrition (e.g., participants not returning follow-up surveys). | Posted | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | baseline; 3 months; 6 months; 1 year |
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| Primary | Change From Baseline in Youth Conduct Problems Across 12 Months (Parent Report) | Parents reported on their child's problem behavior using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), a 25-item brief behavioral screening questionnaire that consists of 5 subscales with 5 questions each. The 5 subscales are conduct problems, emotional problems, hyperactivity, peer problems, and prosocial behavior. Parents were asked to indicate the extent to which statements were true of their child's behavior in the past month using a 3-pt scale (not true, somewhat true, and certainly true). The conduct problems subscale included items such as "often loses temper" and "often fights with other youth or bullies them." Scores ranged from 0 to 10. High scores indicate greater conduct problems. | Number of participants differs between baseline and follow-up waves due to attrition (e.g., participants not returning follow-up surveys). | Posted | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | baseline; 3 months; 6 months; 1 year |
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| Primary | Change From Baseline in Youth Hyperactivity Across 12 Months (Parent Report) | Parents reported on their child's problem behavior using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), a 25-item brief behavioral screening questionnaire that consists of 5 subscales with 5 questions each. The 5 subscales are conduct problems, emotional problems, hyperactivity, peer problems, and prosocial behavior. Parents were asked to indicate the extent to which statements were true of their child's behavior in the past month using a 3-pt scale (not true, somewhat true, and certainly true). The hyperactivity subscale included items such as "restless, overactive, cannon sit still for long" and "easily distracted, concentration wanders." Scores ranged from 0 to 10. High scores indicate greater hyperactivity. | Number of participants differs between baseline and follow-up waves due to attrition (e.g., participants not returning follow-up surveys). | Posted | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | baseline; 3 months; 6 months; 1 year |
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| Primary | Change From Baseline in Youth Emotional Problems Across 12 Months (Parent Report) | Parents reported on their child's problem behavior using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), a 25-item brief behavioral screening questionnaire that consists of 5 subscales with 5 questions each. The 5 subscales are conduct problems, emotional problems, hyperactivity, peer problems, and prosocial behavior. Parents were asked to indicate the extent to which statements were true of their child's behavior in the past month using a 3-pt scale (not true, somewhat true, and certainly true). The emotional problems subscale included items such as "many worries or often seemed worried" and "often unhappy, depressed, or tearful." Scores ranged from 0 to 10. High scores indicate greater emotional problems. | Number of participants differs between baseline and follow-up waves due to attrition (e.g., participants not returning follow-up surveys). | Posted | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | baseline; 3 months; 6 months; 1 year |
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| 109 |
| EG001 | Web/Mobile + Coach | Participants will complete the FCU online and will be contacted by a family coach. The coach will conduct motivational interviewing and provide support to parents via phone. Participants in this condition will have contact with a coach at least 2 times. FCU-Online, web/ mobile + coach: Participants will be invited to complete the FCU via the FCU-Online website. They will complete an assessment, receive computer-generated feedback, and access to skills units designed to teach parents the importance of using specific parenting skills, provide practice opportunities to try these skills, and tools to track their use of these parenting skills and any associated changes in child behavior. Participants will also have access to a "family coach" who will motivate parents to enhance parenting skills and provide support while they are learning to use these skills. | 0 | 108 | 0 | 108 | 0 | 108 |
| EG002 | Wait List Control | Participants in this condition will receive "middle school as usual", meaning that they will continue to receive whatever services are normally provided by the middle school during the year of their participation in the study. Once their research participation is completed (i.e., after they complete their final follow-up survey), participants in this condition will be offered the opportunity to use the FCU-Online website if they wish, without the support of a coach. No additional data will be collected. | 0 | 105 | 0 | 105 | 0 | 105 |
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| Title | Measurements |
|---|---|
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| Male |
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| Title | Measurements |
|---|---|
| Female |
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| Male |
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| Not Hispanic or Latino |
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| Unknown or Not Reported |
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| Title | Measurements |
|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino |
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| Not Hispanic or Latino |
|
| Unknown or Not Reported |
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| Asian |
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| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander |
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| Black or African American |
|
| White |
|
| More than one race |
|
| Unknown or Not Reported |
|
| Title | Measurements |
|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native |
|
| Asian |
|
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander |
|
| Black or African American |
|
| White |
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| More than one race |
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| Unknown or Not Reported |
|
| 3-month follow-up |
|
|
| 6-month follow-up |
|
|
| 12-month follow-up |
|
|
| .081 |
| Mean Difference (Final Values) |
| 0.08 |
| 2-Sided |
Mean difference in slope with the wait-list control as the reference group. |
| Superiority |
| t-test, 2 sided | .295 | Mean Difference (Final Values) | .05 | 2-Sided | Mean difference in slope with the web/mobile only as the reference group. | Superiority |
| 3-month follow-up |
|
|
| 6-month follow-up |
|
|
| 12-month follow-up |
|
|
| .207 |
| Mean Difference (Final Values) |
| 0.10 |
| 2-Sided |
Mean difference in slope with the wait-list control as the reference group. |
| Superiority |
| t-test, 2 sided | .871 | Mean Difference (Final Values) | -0.01 | 2-Sided | Mean difference in slope with the web/mobile only as the reference group. | Superiority |
| 3-month follow-up |
|
|
| 6-month follow-up |
|
|
| 12-month follow-up |
|
|
| .575 |
| Mean Difference (Final Values) |
| 0.06 |
| 2-Sided |
Mean difference in slope with the wait-list control as the reference group. |
| Superiority |
| t-test, 2 sided | .964 | Mean Difference (Final Values) | 0.00 | 2-Sided | Mean difference in slope with the web/mobile only as the reference group. | Superiority |
| 3-month follow-up |
|
|
| 6-month follow-up |
|
|
| 12-month follow-up |
|
|
| .142 |
| Mean Difference (Final Values) |
| 0.05 |
| 2-Sided |
Mean difference in slope with the wait-list control as the reference group. |
| Superiority |
| t-test, 2 sided | .810 | Mean Difference (Final Values) | 0.01 | 2-Sided | Mean difference in slope with the web/mobile only as the reference group. | Superiority |
| 3-month follow-up |
|
|
| 6-month follow-up |
|
|
| 12-month follow-up |
|
|
| .523 |
| Mean Difference (Final Values) |
| 0.22 |
| 2-Sided |
Mean difference in slope with the wait-list control as the reference group. |
| Superiority |
| t-test, 2 sided | .252 | Mean Difference (Final Values) | 0.36 | 2-Sided | Mean difference in slope with the web/mobile only as the reference group. | Superiority |
| 3-month follow-up |
|
|
| 6-month follow-up |
|
|
| 12-month follow-up |
|
|
| .127 |
| Mean Difference (Final Values) |
| -0.47 |
| 2-Sided |
Mean difference in slope with the wait-list control as the reference group. |
| Superiority |
| t-test, 2 sided | .101 | Mean Difference (Final Values) | -0.51 | 2-Sided | Superiority | Mean difference in slope with the web/mobile only as the reference group. |