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CompletedNCT02409992HNC-ECUpdated May 5, 2021

Parent Training and Emotion Coaching for Children With Limited Prosocial Emotions

An interventional study of Parent Training plus Emotion Coaching and Parent Training only in Oppositional Defiant Disorder, sponsored by University of Washington. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 3 Years to 7 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-05-05.

Sponsored by University of Washington · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
43
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
3 Years to 7 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The proposed research will focus on the development of a brief emotion-coaching (EC) parenting program (which directly targets child emotion awareness/recognition and affective empathy), that will be combined with a well-established parent management training program (Helping the Noncompliant Child; HNC) for treating oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) in children who also have limited prosocial emotions (e.g., lack of guilt and empathy, callous use of others).

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Conditions studied

  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Keywords

  • Children with ODD and low prosocial emotions
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In context

Oppositional Defiant Disorder

86 studies on the registry are indexed under Oppositional Defiant Disorder; 16 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 43 is below the median of 102 across 76 interventional studies indexed under Oppositional Defiant Disorder.

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Lead sponsor

University of Washington is the lead sponsor of 1,433 studies on the registry; 225 are open to participants now.

Of its 158 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 136 (86%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
3 Years to 7 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Child with oppositional defiant disorder and low prosocial emotions

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Unable to speak/understand English
  • Significant developmental delay or autism spectrum disorder
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
43 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Parent Training plus Emotion Coaching

    This intervention will combine a parent management training program called Helping the Noncompliant Child with elements of an Emotion Coaching parenting intervention.

    Behavioral: Parent Training plus Emotion Coaching

  • Active comparator
    Parent Training Only

    This intervention will consist of a parent management training program called Helping the Noncompliant Child.

    Behavioral: Parent Training only

Interventions

  • BehavioralParent Training plus Emotion Coaching

    This intervention will combine a parent management training program called Helping the Noncompliant Child with elements of an Emotion Coaching parenting program.

  • BehavioralParent Training only

    This intervention will consist of a parent management training program called Helping the Noncompliant Child.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory - intensity score

    Child conduct problems at baseline, mid-treatment and post-treatment

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

  2. Early Childhood Inventory-4 ODD scale

    Change in child conduct problems for children ages 3-5 at baseline, mid-treatment and post-treatment

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

  3. Child Symptom Inventory-IV

    Child conduct problems for children ages 6-7 at baseline, mid-treatment and post-treatment

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

  4. Behavioral Coding System - percent child inappropriate behaviors

    Child inappropriate behaviors at baseline, mid-treatment and post-treatment

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

  5. Behavioral Coding System percent child compliance

    Child compliance at baseline, mid-treatment and post-treatment

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits - preschool version - total score

    Callous-unemotional traits at baseline mid-treatment and post-treatment

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

  2. A Developmental Neuropsychological Assessment (NEPSY-II) Affect Recognition Task - fear recognition

    Affect recognition at baseline, mid-treatment and post-treatment

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

  3. NEPSY-II Affect Recognition Task - sadness recognition

    Affect recognition in baseline mid-treatment and post-treatment

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

  4. Griffith Empathy Measure - empathy score

    Empathy at baseline and post-treatment

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

  5. Behavioral coding of Zahn-Waxler empathy paradigm - amount of attention, affective response congruent with examiner, concern for others, disregard for others

    Empathy at baseline and post-treatment

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

  6. Behavioral Coding System - positive attention rate per minute

    Parenting behavior - positive attention at baseline mid-treatment and post-treatment

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

  7. Behavioral Coding System - total commands rate per minute

    Change in parenting behavior - commands at baseline mid-treatment and post-treatment

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

  8. Parenting scale - overactivity

    Parenting at baseline mid-treatment and post-treatment

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

  9. Parenting scale - laxness

    Parenting at baseline mid-treatment and post-treatment

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

  10. Parent Meta-Emotion Interview emotion coaching scale

    Emotion coaching at baseline and post-treatment

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

  11. Parenting Sense of Competence satisfaction scale

    Parenting satisfaction at baseline mid-treatment and post-treatment

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

  12. Parenting Sense of Competence efficacy scale

    Parenting efficacy at baseline mid-treatment and post-treatment

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

Other outcomes

  1. Difficulties with Emotion Regulation Scale - lack of awareness and limited access to emotion regulation strategies

    Maternal emotion regulation abilities at baseline mid-treatment and post-treatment

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

  2. Beck Depression Inventory II

    Maternal depression at baseline and post-treatment

    Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of outpatient treatment, an expected average of 25 weeks

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Study locations

1 site
  • University of Washington
    Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 5, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02409992
Responsible party
Lynn Fainsilber Katz (Research Professor, University of Washington) — Principal investigator
First posted
Apr 7, 2015
Start date
Jun 2015
Primary completion
Dec 15, 2018
Completion
Dec 15, 2018
Last update
May 5, 2021

Study contacts

Lynn F Katz, Ph.D.
principal investigator · University of Washington

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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