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Parenting STAIR: Adapting a Trauma-Focused Parenting Intervention for Military-Connected Mothers and Their Children

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
18 Years and older
Sex
Female only
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

  • Procedures mentioned: Interviews

Only what the study's summary and detailed description on ClinicalTrials.gov say. Time periods may describe the whole study or a part of it — ask the study team what applies to you.

Show the study's own words
  • "Participants may also be invited to participate in an optional, 30-minute online one-on-one qualitative interview, which would be audio and video recorded and would cover participants' experiences with the intervention, the clinic sites, and their providers."
Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study tests Parenting STAIR Modular, an online program for mothers with military ties who have lived through trauma and have a child ages 2–10. It looks at whether the program lowers PTSD symptoms (stress after trauma) or depression and helps mothers connect with their children and manage behavior. Mothers attend 12–16 weekly sessions and take part in online assessments and recorded play sessions.

The goal of this study is to assess Parenting STAIR Modular (PSTAIR-M), a promising and innovative intervention for military-connected mothers (MCM) who have experienced trauma and their young children (ages 2-10). PSTAIR-M aims to help mothers manage the strong feelings that sometimes happen after experiencing something scary or stressful, as well as to better connect with their children and manage their behavior effectively. The main questions the study aims to answer are: from pre-treatment to post-treatment 1) Does PSTAIR-M reduce maternal PTSD and/or depression symptoms?, and 2) Does PSTAIR-M improve parental functioning? Participants will: 1) attend 12-16 weekly, 1-hour online treatment sessions with their assigned clinicians, 2) complete three 1-hour online assessments administered by research staff, 3) engage with their child in three 15-30-minute online, observed play sessions, 4) have assessments and observed play sessions audio and video recorded. Participants may also be invited to participate in an optional, 30-minute online one-on-one qualitative interview, which would be audio and video recorded and would cover participants' experiences with the intervention, the clinic sites, and their providers.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Be a mother who is a female service member or veteran, or the female spouse of a service member or veteran.
  • Have a child ages 2–10.
  • Be the child's legal guardian, with both legal and physical custody.
  • Have lived through trauma, such as a scary or harmful event.
  • Meet study screening levels for PTSD, depression, or low confidence in parenting.
  • Be able to speak and understand English or Spanish.
  • Qualify for services at a Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Endeavors.

Who can't join

  • Be at high risk for suicide.
  • Currently have symptoms of psychosis, such as seeing or hearing things that are not there.
  • Have a disability that affects communication, such as deafness.
  • Have a child taking part in the study who has a severe developmental disability.
  • Have severe drug or alcohol use.
  • Currently receive another one-on-one mental health treatment focused on trauma.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Military-connected mother, defined as a mother who is either a female service member or veteran or female spouse of a service member or veteran; 2. Has a child aged 2-10; 3. Legal guardian of index child with legal and physical custody; 4. Lifetime trauma exposure (Life Events Checklist (LEC-5); Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire (ACE-Q)); 5. Screen positive for PTSD (defined as a PCL-5 score ≥32 or meeting ≥3 out of 4 DSM-5 symptom criteria \[B, C, D, E\] on the PCL-5), and/or depression (PHQ-9 score ≥8), and/or low parenting self-efficacy (PSOC score \<59); 6. Able to speak and understand English or Spanish; 7. Eligible to receive services at a Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Endeavors. Exclusion Criteria: 1. High risk for suicide (Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ)); 2. Current psychotic symptoms (DSM-5-TR Self-Rated Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure Domain VII); 3. Disability affecting communication, such as deafness; 4. Index child with severe developmental disability; 5. Severe substance or alcohol use (The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test - Lite (ASSIST-Lite); Cannabis Use Disorder Identification Test-Short Form (CUDIT-SF)); 6. Currently receiving another trauma-focused individual mental health treatment.

Study sites (3)

TX