Coparenting, Infant Sleep, and Infant Development
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Sleep, Parenting, Marital Relationship, Parent-Child Relations
In brief
This 3-arm RCT tests the effects of a sleep-enhanced adaptation (FF+) of a well-known, evidence-based transition-to-parenting coparenting intervention program (Family Foundations; FF). In one arm, families will experience FF as originally formulated; in the second, families will receive an adapted FF (FF+) program that emphasizes coparenting in infant sleep contexts; the third arm will serve as controls. It is hypothesized that (1) Compared to controls, parents in both FF groups will report improved overall coparenting and reduced overall distress, but parents in the FF+ group will show greater improvements in coparenting and individual parenting in infant sleep contexts, better infant and parent sleep, and better child adjustment; (2) early coparenting around infant sleep will be a central mechanism by which both interventions exert their effects.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03187561
- Run by
- Penn State University
- People needed
- 216
- Starts
- 2018-11-15
- Expected to finish
- 2025-05-09
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-05-14
Who can join
Age: 0 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Two-parent families (married or living with a partner
- Families pregnant with their first child, of any race/ethnicity
- Parents who can understand and speak English
- Parents over the age of 18
- Parents living in independent units
You may not qualify if…
- Single-parent families
- Families pregnant with a second born or later born child
- Families who cannot speak and understand English
- Families in which one parent under the age of 18
- Parents living with families of origin
Where it is running
- Douglas Teti — State College, Pennsylvania, United States
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