PURPOSE: A Social Media Intervention for Parent Support
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Psychiatric |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Psychiatry / Psychology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 21 - Any |
| Updated: | 11/2/2017 |
| Start Date: | October 2016 |
| End Date: | September 2018 |
| Contact: | Annemarie Kelleghan |
| Email: | akelleghan@ucla.edu |
| Phone: | 310-983-3604 |
Parents United With Responsive Parents for Online Support and Education PURPOSE: A Social Media Intervention for Parent Support
The purpose of this study is to develop and test a social media-based (Facebook) intervention
that provides support and skills to parents with adolescent children in treatment for
substance abuse. The Facebook intervention, PURPOSE, will be 8 weeks long and led by other
parents (peer leaders). Peer leaders will go through 2 2-3-hour training sessions and be
assessed at the end to confirm their understanding of study protocol and procedures. The
study PI will lead 2 short (2-weeks) trial tests of various segments of the intervention to
test out content and procedures. Then, a pilot trial with 80 parents, 40 randomized to
PURPOSE and 40 randomized to treatment as usual (TAU), will be done to test how useful
PURPOSE can be in promoting parents' engagement in their child's treatment and recovery while
reducing their own distress and feelings of shame/stigma. Parents will do a phone interview
at the start of PURPOSE and again at the end of the 8 weeks.
that provides support and skills to parents with adolescent children in treatment for
substance abuse. The Facebook intervention, PURPOSE, will be 8 weeks long and led by other
parents (peer leaders). Peer leaders will go through 2 2-3-hour training sessions and be
assessed at the end to confirm their understanding of study protocol and procedures. The
study PI will lead 2 short (2-weeks) trial tests of various segments of the intervention to
test out content and procedures. Then, a pilot trial with 80 parents, 40 randomized to
PURPOSE and 40 randomized to treatment as usual (TAU), will be done to test how useful
PURPOSE can be in promoting parents' engagement in their child's treatment and recovery while
reducing their own distress and feelings of shame/stigma. Parents will do a phone interview
at the start of PURPOSE and again at the end of the 8 weeks.
This study will take advantage of established peer training techniques to train parents of
adolescents who are more experienced to help other parents better engage in services for
their adolescent child. This pilot study marks the beginning of our long-term program of
research focused on adapting intervention tools for delivery via e-technology platforms as a
means for optimizing treatment effectiveness for youth. Thus, the proposed study will
contribute to the scientific literature on the role of parental support in adolescent
recovery as well as respond to NIDA's call for increased understanding of the feasibility and
utility of social media as an option expanding the traditional treatment and face-to-face
self-help groups. The proposed study has the following aims:
Aim 1: To develop PURPOSE, a social-media based intervention that provides information and
coping tools for parents/guardians of adolescent children with a SUD. The theoretically
grounded intervention will be peer-led, and will be developed and refined with feedback from
experts, providers, parents, and adolescents.
Aim 2: To determine the feasibility and acceptability of PURPOSE that uses online peer-led
intervention delivery. Trial testing will be conducted to iteratively refine content and
procedures in order to optimize the engagement and usefulness of the intervention for
parents.
Aim 3: To conduct a pilot control trial to provide preliminary data on this intervention so
as to determine if social media-based parent support group involvement positively impacts
parent outcomes (reduced stigma and distress, improved parent monitoring, and increased
engagement in adolescent treatment) and adolescent outcomes (treatment retention and
abstinence).
adolescents who are more experienced to help other parents better engage in services for
their adolescent child. This pilot study marks the beginning of our long-term program of
research focused on adapting intervention tools for delivery via e-technology platforms as a
means for optimizing treatment effectiveness for youth. Thus, the proposed study will
contribute to the scientific literature on the role of parental support in adolescent
recovery as well as respond to NIDA's call for increased understanding of the feasibility and
utility of social media as an option expanding the traditional treatment and face-to-face
self-help groups. The proposed study has the following aims:
Aim 1: To develop PURPOSE, a social-media based intervention that provides information and
coping tools for parents/guardians of adolescent children with a SUD. The theoretically
grounded intervention will be peer-led, and will be developed and refined with feedback from
experts, providers, parents, and adolescents.
Aim 2: To determine the feasibility and acceptability of PURPOSE that uses online peer-led
intervention delivery. Trial testing will be conducted to iteratively refine content and
procedures in order to optimize the engagement and usefulness of the intervention for
parents.
Aim 3: To conduct a pilot control trial to provide preliminary data on this intervention so
as to determine if social media-based parent support group involvement positively impacts
parent outcomes (reduced stigma and distress, improved parent monitoring, and increased
engagement in adolescent treatment) and adolescent outcomes (treatment retention and
abstinence).
Inclusion Criteria:
- Be the parent/guardian of an adolescent (under age 18) currently receiving out-patient
treatment for SUD
- Have an active Facebook and email account
- Be able to read and write English
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any medical and/or psychiatric conditions which would require immediate or ongoing
treatment that would make study participation difficult or harmful
- Already participating in an online support group for parents of teens in treatment
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