Parent training may tame child temper tantrums
NCT ID NCT06020261
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 16, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether 12 weekly sessions of parent management training can reduce irritability, anger outbursts, and cranky moods in children aged 10-14. Parents attend the training while children are assessed before, during, and after treatment. The goal is to see if this approach works in a clinic setting and if families find it helpful.
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 36 people
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- Started
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Jun 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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10 to 14 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * clinically significant irritability (Clinician Affective Reactivity Index 30 or greater) * parent or guardian with whom the child resides for at least 50% of the time is willing to participate in treatment with the child Exclusion Criteria: * psychiatric instability (danger to self/others, risky substance abuse) * current active Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or a severe active stressor (e.g. child abuse) * history of severe psychopathology with an established alternate treatment (e.g. autism spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, intellectual disability) * general medical condition that may be driving irritability or prevent generalizable physiologic measures. * screen positive for an intellectual disability via Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence Second Edition (WASI II) estimated Intelligence Quotient (IQ)\<70.
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Locations
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Childrens Hospital Colorado
RECRUITINGAurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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