Evaluating an Online Parenting Intervention in a Community-Based Sample of Parents

Can We Still Make the Connection? Evaluating an Online Parenting Intervention in a Community-Based Sample of Parents of Infants and Young Children

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of the online modality of the Make the Connection (MTC) program in a community-based sample of parents not at-risk for parenting difficulties. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• Does the MTC online program result in improvements in parent-child bond, parent self-efficacy, parental stress, and parental depression among parents who are not at-risk for parent-child relationship difficulties?
• What are some of the barriers, facilitators, perceived benefits and risks to participating in the MTC online program from the perspective of parents?

Participants will be asked to complete a pre-intervention questionnaire, will be invited to complete the 8-week MTC online program consisting of a weekly 15-minute module, and will lastly be asked to complete a post-intervention questionnaire.

Inclusion Criteria:

• parents with children between the ages of 0-3 years old
• parents are primarily responsible for the children

Exclusion Criteria:

• parents are at-risk for parent-child relationship difficulties (i.e., endorse two of the following criteria: being a first-time caregiver, socially isolated, low education, caregiving alone, lack of confidence or self-efficacy, at risk for poor infant sensitivity, or at-risk for depression)