Trial reportThe Journal of pediatrics2021
A Randomized Trial of Digitally Delivered, Self-Administered Parent Training in Primary Care: Effects on Parenting and Child Behavior.
Trial report in The Journal of pediatrics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02723916 (Parent Training in Pediatric Care), which is not on this map. Cited by 19 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Parent Training in Pediatric Care: A Self Directed Tablet-Based Approach
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Promoting Positive Parenting Skills: A Systematic Review of Interventions.Clinical child psychology and psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- The effectiveness of mobile app-based interventions to improve parental mental health: a meta-analysis.BMC psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Online Parenting Programs for Children's Behavioral and Emotional Problems: a Network Meta-Analysis.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025Pooled it
- The Effects of Online Behavioral Parenting Interventions on Child Outcomes, Parenting Ability and Parent Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2024Pooled it
- Universal Digital Programs for Promoting Mental and Relational Health for Parents of Young Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2024Pooled it
- Engaging Parents in Technology-Assisted Interventions for Childhood Adversity: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Early parenting interventions to prevent internalising problems in children and adolescents: a global systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMJ mental health · 2023Pooled it
- The lasting influence of parenting intervention on child behavior: findings from a randomized clinical trial using care for child development guidelines.BMC pediatrics · 2024Trial
- BePresent Universal Internet-Based Parenting Intervention: Single-Arm Pre-Post Intervention Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
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- Implementation of a Parent Training Program During Community-Based Dissemination (From In-Person to Hybrid): Mixed Methods Evaluation.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2024Article
- Administrative Dashboard for Monitoring Use of a Web-Based Parent Training Intervention: Usability Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Web-Based Delivery of a Family-Based Dating Abuse Prevention Program for Adolescents Exposed to Interparental Violence: Feasibility and Acceptability Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Parents' Preferences for Primary Care-Based Behavioral Services and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Method Study.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2023Article
- Effects over time of parenting interventions to reduce physical and emotional violence against children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2023Article
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- Engaging Parents and Health Care Stakeholders to Inform Development of a Behavioral Intervention Technology to Promote Pediatric Behavioral Health: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2021Article
- Effectiveness of a Web-Based Intervention on Parental Psychological Flexibility and Emotion Regulation: A Pilot Open Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Family Check-Up Online effects on parenting and parent wellbeing in families of toddler to preschool-age children.Early childhood research quarterlyArticle
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the effects of a self-administered, digital behavioral parent training program on parent and child behavior for parents of young children. STUDY
designA randomized controlled trial compared ezParent (digital delivery of the evidence-based Chicago Parent Program) with an enhanced usual-care control. Introduction to the study occurred during well-child visits at 4 primary care clinics. In total, 287 parents of children age 2-5 years were randomized to ezParent or the control. Parents responded to surveys evaluating parent behavior, self-efficacy, and stress, and child behavior at baseline, and 3-, 6-, and 12-months postbaseline. Multilevel growth models examined parent and child outcomes for intervention efficacy in intent-to-treat analyses. Secondary moderation analysis explored intervention effects by program use and baseline parenting stress and child behavior problems.
resultsThe intervention main effect was not significant for parent and child behaviors. In exploratory moderation analysis, parents in the ezParent condition with greater baseline parenting stress reported less corporal punishment (P = .044); and greater improvement in parental warmth (P = .008), setting limits (P = .026), and proactive parenting (P = .019). Parents reporting greater baseline child behavior problems reported greater improvements in parental warmth (P = .007), setting limits (P = .003), and proactive parenting (P = .010). There were no differences in outcomes based on program usage.
conclusionsResults suggest that ezParent as a self-administered behavioral parent training program may not be intense enough for child and parent behavioral change as a universal prevention model. Parents may require different levels of support for completion based on their level of service seeking, family characteristics, risk profile, and motivation for change.
trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov: NCT02723916.
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