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Parental Guidance for Failure to Launch.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Yale University
- Where
- New Haven, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Completed
- People taking part
- 40 people enrolled
- Started
- 1 Dec 2020
- Ended
- 1 Dec 2023
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- SPACE parental-guidance
- Record updated
- 22 January 2024
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Can take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Individuals with FTL will be characterized as:
- Living at parents' home
- Not employed gainfully for more than 10 hours per week 3. Not actively engaged in educational programs
- These conditions have been met for at least six months; Participating Parents will:
- Consent to the study and all study procedures
- Be proficient or fluent in English
- Be living with the supported individual; Participants will be excluded based on the following conditions:
- The individual with FTL is suffering (or likely is suffering) from a major mental disorder, per parent report. This includes any lifetime history of a psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, Autism spectrum disorder, or intellectual delay
- the individual with FTL is suffering (or likely is suffering) from Substance Use Disorder (including behavioral addictions)
- the individual with FTL has suffered a major injury or disease and thus cannot work or study
- The individual with FTL shows signs of acute suicidality, requiring higher level of care
Who cannot take part
- -
Where in United States
- Yale University Child Study CenterNew Haven, United States
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
In the proposed study the outcome of administering parental guidance, based on the Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) program, to parents of highly dependent adult children will be explored. The proposed study's primary purpose is to assess the outcome of parental guidance. In addition, the study will also examine participants' acceptance and adherence to this parental guidance method.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Treatment group (active)Treatment being tested
Individuals in this group will start treatment after the initial assessment, without a delay.
Treatment: SPACE parental-guidance
- Wait-list control groupExisting treatment, for comparison
Individuals in this group will start treatment after the initial assessment, with a delay of thirteen weeks.
Treatment: SPACE parental-guidance
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Parental Guidance for Parents of Highly Dependent Adult Children
- Record updated
- 22 January 2024