An interventional study of Behavioral Parent Training in Disruptive Behaviors, sponsored by San Diego State University. Not yet recruiting at 2 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 2 Years to 6 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-21.
Sponsored by San Diego State University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a personalized version of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), called MY PCIT, can improve treatment fit, treatment participation, and outcomes for young children with behavior problems and their caregivers. The main questions this study aims to answer are:
Researchers will compare standard PCIT to MY PCIT to learn how the personalized approach can be delivered in community mental health settings, and whether it may improve treatment fit, reduce treatment dropout, and improve outcomes for children and their caregivers.
Participating families will:
The surveys will ask about the child's behavior and the family's beliefs, values, and treatment experiences. Researchers will also gather feedback from therapists to help improve how MY PCIT can be delivered and sustained in community mental health sites.
521 studies on the registry are indexed under Problem Behavior; 92 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 60 is below the median of 90 across 393 interventional studies indexed under Problem Behavior.
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Inclusion Criteria:
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is a behavioral parent training intervention developed by Dr. Sheila Eyberg for young children (aged 2-7) with disruptive behavior problems. It is a well-established, evidence-based intervention that uses a live coaching model in which therapists use a one-way mirror or similar set-up to coach parents in specialized parenting skills in their interactions with their children. The intervention involves 2 segments: (1) Child Directed Interaction (CDI) focuses upon developing a positive, warm relationship between parent and child and using selective attention effectively. (2) Parent Directed Interaction (PDI) focuses upon teaching parents how to provide consistent and effective discipline.
Behavioral: Behavioral Parent Training
MY PCIT is a version of PCIT that is personalized to each family with the aim to increase the match between the treatment's beliefs/values and the family's beliefs/values. MY PCIT includes an assessment of parental beliefs/values that will then guide adaptations to the delivery of PCIT.
Behavioral: Behavioral Parent Training
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (ECBI)
Time frame: 1. Baseline 2. Post-treatment (on average week 14)
Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)
Time frame: 1. Baseline 2. Post-treatment (on average week 14)
Therapist Weekly Check-In
Time frame: Weekly from the start of treatment (week 1) to post-treatment (an estimated average of week 14)
Fidelity to PCIT and Fidelity to MY PCIT
Fidelity to PCIT will be assessed across both conditions using previously validated measures developed by Dr. Eyberg for use with PCIT (Eyberg \& Members of the Child Study Laboratory, 1999). Independent coders, masked to condition, will score treatment fidelity via videotape observation. Fidelity to MY PCIT will also be assessed using procedures previously developed.
Time frame: Weekly from the start of treatment (week 1) to post-treatment (an estimated average of week 14)
My Thoughts about Therapy (MTT)
Time frame: 1. Baseline 2. After CDI Teach (Week 1) 3. After PDI Teach (on average week 8) 4. Post-treatment (on average week 14)
Dyadic Parent Child Interaction Coding System-IV (DPICS)
Time frame: 1. Baseline 2. Post-treatment (on average week 14)
Parenting Stress Index (PSI)
Time frame: 1. Baseline 2. Post-treatment (on average week 14)
Therapy Attitude Inventory (TAI)
Time frame: 1. After CDI Teach (Week 1) 2. After PDI Teach (on average week 8) 3. Post-treatment (on average week 14)
Parent Explanatory Model - Treatment Explanatory Model Match (PEM-TEM Match)
Time frame: 1. Baseline 2. After CDI Teach (Week 1) 3. After PDI Teach (on average week 8) 4. Post-treatment (on average week 14)
Plan to share: Yes — De-identified data will be submitted to the NIMH Data Archive (NDA) in accordance with applicable NIH and NIMH data-sharing requirements.
Time frame: De-identified data will be submitted and made available according to the timelines and procedures established by the NIMH Data Archive and the study's Data Management and Sharing Plan. Data will remain available for as long as they are maintained by the NDA.
Access criteria: Qualified researchers may request access to the de-identified data through the NIMH Data Archive.
Data sharing details ↗ · nda.nih.gov
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Start is estimated for Apr 2027; primary completion for Dec 2028, 20 months later.
Of 232 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Problem Behavior, half reached primary completion within 24 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 11 and three quarters within 43. This study's planned 20 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 235 studies reached it within 24 months; a quarter within 11 and three quarters within 43.
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