Actively Recruiting
Courageous Parents, Courageous Children
Led by Nova Scotia Health Authority · Updated on 2024-08-21
88
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
415 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Anxiety disorders usually start in childhood and adolescence and are associated with social and occupational difficulties in adulthood. Children who have a parent with an anxiety disorder and who find new situations distressing and avoid them are at an increased risk for developing an anxiety disorder. Research suggests that anti-anxiety parenting can help children grow up courageous and calm. It is, however, difficult to parent in an anti-anxiety way when the parent has an anxiety disorder himself or herself. This research study will test the efficacy of a new program designed to prevent the onset or persistence of anxiety disorders in children at risk for anxiety disorders. The investigators will first help parents learn skills to cope with their own anxiety and then coach them to share these skills with their children and parent in an anti-anxiety way. The goal is to intervene early enough in the children's lives so that they can be free of anxiety disorders and lead happy, healthy and productive lives in adulthood.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Courageous Parents, Courageous Children
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Parent has a current diagnosis of at least one anxiety disorder
- Parent has one or more children aged 2 to 8 years in their care
- Parent can provide informed consent
- Parent can speak English well enough to benefit from the intervention
- Child aged 2 to 8 years
- Child has an inhibited temperament score one standard deviation or more above the mean on the Laboratory Assessment of Temperament
You will not qualify if you...
- Parent received 6 or more sessions of structured psychological therapy in the past 12 months
- Parent plans to move out of Nova Scotia within the next three years
- Parent has lifetime schizophrenia, autism, intellectual disability, or current drug and alcohol use disorder
- Child has lifetime schizophrenia, autism, general intellectual disability, or current drug and alcohol addiction
- Child is currently receiving treatment for anxiety
- Parents with primary mood disorder must receive treatment before reassessment
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Nova Scotia Health
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B4E 0H4
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
B
Barbara Pavlova, PhD DClinPsy RPsych
CONTACT
J
Jill Cumby, RN
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
2
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