Online Parent Education for Child Anxiety
Eligible age
18+ yrs
Accepts
All genders
Locations
1 state
Healthy volunteers
No
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About this study
The investigators are doing this research to test whether parents of children ages 2-7 can better manage their child's anxiety by completing a brief, online, self-guided parent education program. One way to provide anxiety management skills to more children, and to potentially prevent worsening outcomes, is to offer online and self-guided educational programs that parents can complete without a clinician. This randomized trial will evaluate the effects of two brief, online, self-guided parent education programs designed to improve parents' understanding of anxiety and teach parents way to help their children cope with anxiety. Parents will be randomly assigned to one of the three programs. The main aim of the study is to examine whether the parent programs, compared to an educational control reduce parental accommodation of anxiety across a 1-, 4-, and 8-month follow-up period. As a secondary aim, the investigators will explore whether the parent programs reduce children's anxiety symptoms over the 8-month follow-up period. Results will inform the development of a scalable, low-cost model for promoting access to evidence-based treatment to young children.
Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital
You may qualify if…
- ✓ Parents will be eligible to participate if:
- ✓ 1. Their child is between the age of 2 and 7 years-old
- ✓ 2. Their child scores in the elevated range on an age-approrpiate anxiety screening measure
- ✓ 3. Parents are English-speaking
- ✓ 4. Parents are over the age of 18 years old
You may not qualify if…
- ✕ Parents will be excluded if:
- ✕ (1) Their child shows symptoms of suicidal or homicidal ideation, psychosis, or primary severe mood or behavior disorder (i.e., if treatment for another disorder other than anxiety is indicate prior to treatment for anxiety)
Where it's recruiting
Boston
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · NCT07153250 · last updated 2025-09-29