Parent Encouragement And Coaching of Happiness in Youth

Part of paid clinical trials in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Sponsor
University of Pittsburgh
Study ID
NCT06725160
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
4 Years - 99 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Parent Coaching — BEHAVIORAL
    Three sessions of parent coaching of child positive affect will be administered based on modules from PCIT-ED.
  • Active Control — BEHAVIORAL
    General parent support and psychoeducation based on components of standard PCIT.

Study Details

The goal of this mechanistic clinical trial is to examine whether parent-coaching aimed at increasing child positive affect will increase child neural response to reward. The main questions it aims to answer are: Aim 1. Characterize child neural reward response and its relation to maternal socialization of positive emotions at baseline in healthy young children. Aim 2. Evaluate how coaching-related changes in maternal socialization of positive emotion expression contribute to increases in child neural reward response over time. Aim 3. Examine how maternal socialization of positive emotion expression contributes to increases in child neural reward response in the moment. Participating mother-child dyads will be randomized to either 3 sessions of parent coaching of child positive affect or 3 sessions of a general parenting support intervention and neural response to reward and affective behavior will be examined pre and post intervention.

Key Dates

Start date
Oct 28, 2025
Status verified
Jan 2026
Primary completion
Feb 1, 2029
Completion
Feb 1, 2029

Study Design

Enrollment
180 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE

Arms

  • Experimental: Parent Coaching
    Parents will receive 3 sessions based on PCIT-ED aimed at increasing child positive affect.
  • Active Comparator: Active Control
    Parents will receive 3 sessions based on traditional PCIT providing more general parenting supporting, including basic psychoeducation and parenting skills.

Primary Outcome Measure

Reward Positivity (RewP) [ Time Frame: From baseline week 1 to final assessment week 5 (week 10 maximum) ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of PittsburghPittsburghPennsylvania15213
Lauren M Bylsma, PhD
[email protected]
412-624-8363
Judith K Morgan, PhD
[email protected]
412-383-5454

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