Promoting Co-Parenting and Reducing Hazardous Drinking in New Families

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Parenting, Parent-Child Relations, Drinking, Alcohol, Adjustment

In brief

This study aims to understand if a parenting program that helps couples learn to parent as a team and maintain a healthy lifestyle, such as maintaining safer levels of alcohol use, promotes parent and child health and well-being. Programs will be delivered prenatally and postnatally and will include both group classes and individualized sessions. A comprehensive assessment is administered during pregnancy and then at 6 and 12 months of child age. It is hypothesized that targeting intervention during the naturally motivating transition to parenthood may not only provide opportunities for long lasting behavioral change for parents, but also initiate a cascade of protective processes that ultimately reduce risk for negative emotional and behavioral outcomes for children.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04441307

Run by

Penn State University

People needed

368

Starts

2021-01-25

Expected to finish

2026-07-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-08-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Pregnant couples who are cohabitating
• Parents are 18 years of age or older
• Health behavior such as moderate to heavy drinking
• English speaking

You may not qualify if…

• Plural pregnancy
• Illicit drug use other than cannabis during pregnancy

Where it is running

• University at Buffalo — Buffalo, New York, United States
• Rochester Institute of Technology — Henrietta, New York, United States

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