Clinical Trial: Early Prevention of Conduct Problems

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Early Primary Prevention of Conduct Problems

Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to examine the immediate and long-term effects of a prevention program in children at risk for developing conduct problems and antisocial behavior.

Detailed Summary:

Participants are randomly assigned to a year-long family-based intervention or to a no contact control group. The intervention focuses on improving parenting practices, parent-child interactions, and child social competence.

Children are assessed at the beginning of the study and again after one year. The development of conduct problems, social competence, and school functioning is assessed from second through fifth grade. Assessments are made through observations, parent and teacher ratings, and diagnostic interviews.

Sponsor: New York University School of Medicine

Current Primary Outcome: behavior problems [ Time Frame: March 1997 - December 2012 ]

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Information By: New York University School of Medicine

Dates:
Date Received: January 15, 2003
Date Started: March 1997
Date Completion:
Last Updated: July 12, 2013
Last Verified: July 2013