15 Year Follow-up of New Beginnings Program for Divorced Families (NBF15)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01407120 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : August 2, 2011
Last Update Posted : August 2, 2011
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Mental Disorder Substance Use | Behavioral: New Beginnings Program | Phase 2 Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 240 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Effects of NBP for Children of Divorce 15 Years Later |
Study Start Date : | July 2006 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | September 2009 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | September 2009 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Mother Program
11 session program focused on parenting skills
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Behavioral: New Beginnings Program
A preventive intervention for divorced families. |
Experimental: Mother Plus Child Program
11 session Mother Program focused on parenting skills plus 11 session Child program focused on child coping skills
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Behavioral: New Beginnings Program
A preventive intervention for divorced families. |
No Intervention: Literature Control
Families received books on children's post-divorce adjustment
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- Diagnosis of mental health disorder [ Time Frame: 15 year follow-up ]Incidence and number of internalizing, externalizing, and substance use disorders with onset of symptoms within the last nine years.
- Young Adult Substance Use [ Time Frame: 15 year follow-up ]Frequency of substance use past month, and age of onset of regular drinking.
- Internalizing and Externalizing Problems [ Time Frame: 15 Year follow-up ]Number of internalizing and externalizing problems during the past 6 months

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 9 Years to 12 Years (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Divorced in past two years
- Female residential parent
- At least one 9-12 year-old child resided (at least 50%) with the mother
- Neither mother nor any child was currently in treatment for mental health problems
- Mother had not remarried nor planned to remarry during the program, and did not have a live-in boyfriend
- Custody was expected to remain stable
- Family resided within an hour drive of program site
- Mother and child could complete assessments in English
- Child was not learning disabled nor in special education
- If diagnosed with attention deficit disorder, child was taking medication
Exclusion Criteria:
- Child scored above 17 on the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI, endorsed an item indicating that s/he wanted to kill her/himself, or scored above the 97th percentile on the Externalizing Subscale (Child Behavior Checklist [CBCL])

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01407120
United States, Arizona | |
Arizona State University: Prevention Research Center | |
Tempe, Arizona, United States, 85287 |
Principal Investigator: | Sharlene A Wolchik, Ph.D. | Arizona State University |
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Responsible Party: | Sharlene Wolchik/ Professor, Arizona State University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01407120 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
5R01MH071707-04 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) 5P30MH068685-05 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | August 2, 2011 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | August 2, 2011 |
Last Verified: | July 2011 |
Prevention Divorce |
Mental Disorders |