Status:
UNKNOWN
Effectiveness of a Foster Parent Intervention: Results of a Trial
Lead Sponsor:
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Conditions:
Problematic Behavior in Children
Parent-child Problem
Eligibility:
All Genders
3-12 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The hypothesis of the study is that the intervention leads to a reduction in foster children's externalizing problems and foster parents' parenting stress and that this in turn leads to a reduction in...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- foster child has a borderline or clinical score on one of the small-band externalizing scales or the broad-band externalizing scale of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)
Exclusion
- foster child:
- has a mental retardation,
- autism,
- uses psychotropic medication in an inconsistent way,
- behavioral problems are the result of medical problems or medication, foster parents:
- have insufficient knowledge of Dutch,
- have low cognitive abilities,
- are already receiving professional support for the foster child's externalizing problems,
- are divorcing.
- Moreover, foster placements were excluded if at least two of the following criteria were present:
- foster parents considered terminating the foster placement during the past two months
- were experiencing psychological distress (measured with the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ; Koeter \& Ormel, 1991) and defined as a score ≥ 2),
- their foster child had a sum score above 3 (for children \< 6 years) or 5 (for children ≥ 6 years) on the critical CBCL-items.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
63 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01821755
Start Date
January 1 2011
End Date
May 1 2013
Last Update
April 5 2013
Active Locations (1)
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Brussels, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium, 1050