A Male Caregiver Adaptation Study of the Connecting and Reflecting Experience Parenting Program

Part of paid clinical trials in The Bronx, New York.

Sponsor
Montefiore Medical Center
Study ID
NCT07419308
Status
Enrolling By Invitation

Conditions

  • Emotional Regulation
  • Father-Child Relations
  • Fathers
  • Parent Child Relationship
  • Parenting Stress

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Connecting and Reflecting Experience (CARE) Program — BEHAVIORAL
    The intervention consists of weekly one-hour mentalizing-focused parenting group sessions with up to seven male-identifying caregivers per group and one to two trained facilitators. CARE is a therapy focused on parents' reflective capacity, or the ability to consider how our own and our children's thoughts, feelings, intentions, and other mental states shape behavior and parent-child relationships.

Study Details

Male caregivers play a critical role in children's emotional development, yet they are often underrepresented in parenting interventions and may experience unique barriers to emotional engagement and support. This study will evaluate whether a 12-session parenting group therapy program is feasible, acceptable, and appropriate for male-identifying caregivers of children and adolescents receiving mental health services. The intervention being studied is the Connecting and Reflecting Experience (CARE) parenting program, a mentalizing-focused group therapy designed to strengthen caregivers' ability to reflect on their own and their child's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. CARE has demonstrated promise in improving parental reflective functioning, reducing parenting stress, and enhancing parent-child relationships in prior studies, but has not yet been evaluated in a group composed exclusively of male-identifying caregivers. Participants will take part in a 12-session weekly CARE group delivered via telehealth, with each session lasting one hour. Participants will also be asked to complete brief self-report surveys before, during, and after participation in the group. The purpose of the study is to inform future intervention development and determine whether CARE is a useful intervention for groups of male caregivers.

Key Dates

Start date
Mar 19, 2026
Status verified
Mar 2026
Primary completion
Jul 31, 2026
Completion
Jul 31, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
7 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Connecting and Reflecting Experience (CARE) Program
    Participants will enroll in a 12-session CARE parenting group therapy.

Primary Outcome Measure

Change from Baseline to Post-Treatment in Parenting Stress [ Time Frame: The PSI-SF will be administered at baseline (approximately 0-2 weeks pre-treatment) and at post-treatment (after completion of Session 12, approximately 15 weeks after baseline measurement). ]

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Montefiore ACUTE PsychiatryThe BronxNew York10461-

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