The Development and Evaluation of a Single Session Intervention for Parent Distress Tolerance

The Development and Evaluation of a Single Session Intervention for Parent Distress Tolerance

The purpose of this study is to study different ways to help parents cope with strong emotions. The study team will be looking at how two different treatments help parents learn to manage strong emotions. These treatments are one session and are completed online, without a therapist, like an online training or class.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Live in the United States.
• Parent of a child aged 6-17 years old who has received at least one counseling or mental health treatment session from a provider in the last 6 months will be eligible to participate.
• Parent is not currently receiving psychotherapy or counseling for a mental health concern (or received such in the past six months).
• Parent reported poor distress tolerance (DT). Poor DT will be defined as a score of less than 54 on the Distress Tolerance Scale.
• Due to language limitations of the primary researcher, parents will be eligible if they comfortably speak and read in English.
• Parents must have a mobile device (e.g., laptop, tablet, smart phone, etc.) or desktop computer and internet access sufficient for the delivery of the study assessments and intervention online.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Failure to meet any of the inclusion criteria.