An interventional study of EmBARK and Popular guidance in Racial Bias, sponsored by University of Wisconsin, Madison. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 5 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-06-12.
Sponsored by University of Wisconsin, Madison · Not applicable, Interventional, and Basic science
The goal of this clinical trial is to test a parent-led program for reducing children's racial biases in White families. The main question it aims to answer is: With training, can parents effectively address their children's racial biases? Parent will receive training and tools for addressing their children's racial biases. Researchers will study effects on both parents' and children's racial biases.
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This study's enrollment of 704 is above the median of 106 across 34 interventional studies indexed under Racism.
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Parents receive a narrated training program about children's racial biases and read books that are focused on race with their children.
Behavioral: EmBARK
Parents receive interesting popular press articles about children's racial biases and read books that are focused on race with their children.
Behavioral: Popular guidance
Parents practice discussing books about animals with their children first, and then receive a narrated training program about children's racial biases and read books that are focused on race with their children.
Behavioral: Practice first
The narrated training teaches parents about children's biases and introduces multiple strategies for addressing children's biases. Families receive children's books to help practice the strategies.
The popular press articles teach parents about children's biases and guide parents about how to talk to children about race. Families receive children's books focused on race to help practice talking about race.
Animal books are provided to parents to help them practice talking to their children when reading books. Then, families receive a training program about race as well as children's books about race.
Change in Likelihood of Child's Racial Bias
Total possible range of scores from 1-5. Higher scores mean higher likelihood of bias.
Time frame: Baseline, Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study)
Change in Concern about Children's Racial Bias
Total possible range of scores from 1-10. Higher scores indicate more concern.
Time frame: Baseline, Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study)
Change in Concern about Own Child's Bias
Total possible range of scores from 1-10. Higher scores indicate more concern.
Time frame: Baseline, Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study)
Change in Motivation to Regulate Children's Bias
Total possible range of scores from 1-10. Higher scores mean greater motivation.
Time frame: Baseline, Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study)
Change in Self-Efficacy for Addressing Children's Bias
Total possible range of scores from 1-7. Higher scores mean greater self-efficacy.
Time frame: Baseline, Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study)
Change in Intergroup Liking
Total possible range of scores is -12 to +12. Higher scores reflect more ingroup liking.
Time frame: Baseline, Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study)
Change in Diversity Preference
Total possible range of scores is 0 to 4. Higher scores mean a greater preference for homogeneous groups.
Time frame: Baseline, Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study)
Change in Reactions to Discrimination: Evaluation
Total possible range of scores is -6 to +6.
Time frame: Baseline, Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study)
Change in Reactions to Discrimination: Confrontation
Participants can score 0 or 1, with the higher score reflecting confrontation.
Time frame: Baseline, Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study)
Change in Predicting Parents' Attitudes
Total possible range of scores is -6 to +6.
Time frame: Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study)
PDFs hosted by the registry, ClinicalTrials.gov.
Plan to share: Yes — Individual participant data collected during the trial, after de-identification, will be shared. Additionally, the study protocol, statistical analysis plan, informed consent form, and analytic code will be shared. The materials will be shared upon publication of primary outcomes, and will be available indefinitely. They will be shared via an open science platform, namely the Open Science Framework (OSF). Anyone may access the data to verify study outcomes or make additional data discoveries.
Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan, Informed consent form, Analytic code
Time frame: The materials will be shared upon publication of primary outcomes, and will be available indefinitely.
Access criteria: The data will be shared via an open science platform, namely the Open Science Framework (OSF). Anyone may access the data to verify study outcomes or make additional data discoveries.
This study is completed, as verified in Jun 2026. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
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