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The New Beginnings Podcast: A Small-scale Randomized Controlled Trial of a Parenting Podcast to Improve Outcomes for Children From Divorced Families
Led by Charla Aubrey Rhodes · Updated on 2026-04-14
80
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
N/A
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Researchers are evaluating if the New Beginnings Podcast can support children whose parents are going through divorce or separation. This study aims to find out whether parents find the podcast easy to use, helpful, and relevant, and whether listening to it improves children's mental health, strengthens parent-child relationships, and reduces conflict between parents. The trial compares families using the podcast to those on a waitlist to assess its impact. Parents in the intervention group will listen to five podcast episodes over five weeks, with one episode per week. These episodes teach parenting skills that improve communication, reduce conflict exposure, and enhance relationships. Parents can adjust playback speed and their listening is tracked, but there are no financial incentives. Families in the waitlist group complete surveys and receive podcast access after the study or upon withdrawal. Participants will answer surveys about their experiences, parenting, family relationships, and their child's well-being at the start and after seven weeks. Researchers will measure how easy, acceptable, appropriate, and feasible the podcast is for parents. Child mental health symptoms and behaviors are also assessed using reports from both children and parents. The study includes 80 parent-child pairs and runs from August 2025 until December 2026.
CONDITIONS
Brief Title
The New Beginnings Podcast: Brief Audio Intervention for Parents From Divorced and Separated Families
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Parent is divorced, separated, separated but never married, or divorcing/separating within the last two years
- Has one or more children between 8 and 18 years old
- Has in-person contact with child(ren) at least three hours per week or at least one overnight visit every other week
- Has access to a smartphone with internet that can play audio files
- Is English speaking
- Child participant has a parent enrolled in the trial
- Child participant is between 8 and 18 years old
- Child participant has access to a computer to complete assessments
You will not qualify if you...
- None specified in the study criteria
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Your Study Journey
Duration - 2 to 4 weeks
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial.
1 visit (in-person or remote) to complete eligibility surveys
Duration - 5 weeks
Parent participants listen to five podcast episodes over five weeks that teach parenting skills to improve child adjustment after divorce.
Weekly self-guided listening with no required visits
Duration - 2 weeks
Participants complete a post-test survey to assess intervention feasibility, usability, acceptability, and appropriateness.
1 post-test survey visit (remote or in-person)
Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
ASU Dept of Psychology
Tempe, Arizona, United States, 85281
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Research Team
C
Charla A Rhodes, Ph.D., Clinical Psychology
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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