PURPOSE: A Social Media Intervention for Parent Support

Withdrawn before enrolling · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Substance Use Disorders, Parenting

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02629068

Run by

University of California, Los Angeles

People needed

0

Starts

2016-10-01

Expected to finish

2018-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-04-22

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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

You may not qualify if…

• 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

Where it is running

• UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs — Los Angeles, California, United States

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