Trial reportJournal of prevention (2022)2023
Evaluating the Efficacy of the Family Check-Up Online to Improve Parent Mental Health and Family Functioning in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Trial report in Journal of prevention (2022), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Beyond Clicks: A Systematic Review of How Engagement is Defined, Predicted, and Linked to Child Outcomes in Self-directed eHealth Preventive Parenting Programs.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025Pooled it
- Family Check-Up Online: Effects of a Virtual Randomized Trial on Parent Stress, Parenting, and Child Outcomes in Early Adolescence.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026Trial
- Digital Health Delivery of Parenting Skills to Improve Conduct Problems in Middle School Youth Across Two Distinct Randomized Trials.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025Trial
- A family-centered digital intervention for parents of at-risk middle-school students.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026Article
- The FCU Online Assessment: A Psychometrically Valid Brief Assessment of Parenting and Child Wellbeing for Parents and Providers.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Family Check-Up Online: Investigating Patterns of Engagement in a Digital Intervention for Parenting Early Adolescents.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2026Article
- Editorial: "Improving impacts of mental health treatment on substance misuse and vice versa".Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Reductions in substance use-related parenting behaviors after participation in a digitally delivered parenting intervention.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
- Adaptation of a fidelity monitoring tool for online delivery of the Family Check-Up.Journal of educational and psychological consultation : the official journal of the Association for Educational and Psychological Consultants · 2026Article
- A Digital Health Model for School-Based Implementation to Improve Parent and Child Outcomes: Comparison of Active Versus Light-Touch Coaching Effects.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2024Article
- A vision for implementing equitable early mental health and resilience support in pediatric primary care: A transdiagnostic, developmental approach.Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare · 2024Article
- Adolescent-onset cannabis use and parenting young children: an investigation of differential effectiveness of a digital parenting intervention.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- 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
2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
This study evaluated the effects of an enhanced version of the Family Check-Up Online (FCU-O), adapted to address parent and family functioning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to increase accessibility, the FCU-O was delivered as a web-based application coupled with online coaching support, a service delivery model that is consistent with pandemic-related limitations for in-person intervention, as well as the limited staffing and resources available in many schools and health care settings despite the increased need for mental health services driven by the pandemic. This registered clinical trial (blinded) tested the effects of the intervention on parental mental health, parenting behaviors, and family functioning from pre-treatment to 2-month follow-up. Families were randomly assigned to receive the FCU-O (N = 74) or to a wait-list control condition (N = 87). Random assignment to the FCU-O was associated with significant improvements in parental well-being, including reduced anxiety, depression, and perceived stress. Further, the FCU-O predicted significant improvements in adaptive parenting skills (e.g. less negative/coercive parenting, greater proactive parenting), and enhancements in family-relational functioning (e.g. improved coparenting). Effect sizes were small to moderate in magnitude (partial eta squared values between 0.03 and 0.11). The results indicate that online delivery of a family-centered intervention may represent a promising approach for addressing pandemic-related impacts on parent and family functioning.
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