The Zurich Project on the Social Development of Children and Youth
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN84472990 |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN84472990 |
| Secondary identifying numbers | N/A |
- Submission date
- 15/09/2010
- Registration date
- 07/10/2010
- Last edited
- 04/10/2011
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Plain English Summary
Not provided at time of registration
Contact information
Prof Manuel P Eisner
Scientific
Scientific
Institute of Criminology
University of Cambridge
Cambridge
CB3 9DT
United Kingdom
| Phone | +44 (0)1223 33 53 74 |
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| mpe23@cam.ac.uk |
Study information
| Study design | Single location stratified cluster randomised trial with a 2x2 factorial design (embedded in a prospective longitudinal study) |
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| Primary study design | Interventional |
| Secondary study design | Randomised controlled trial |
| Study setting(s) | Other |
| Study type | Quality of life |
| Participant information sheet | Not available in web format, please use contact details below to request a participant information sheet. |
| Scientific title | The Zurich Project on the Social Development of Children and Youth: A Combined Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Short- and Long-Term Effectiveness of the PATHS School-Based Prevention Programme and of the Triple P Parent Training Programme |
| Study acronym | z-proso |
| Study hypothesis | 1. PATHS/PFADe 1.1. Children who were taught the adapted German version of the Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies training (PATHS/PFADe) during regular school lessons will show an improved development regarding externalising problem behaviour, and social competence as compared to the control group. 1.2. Children who were taught PATHS/PFADe in high quality and intensity will show a better improvement than those who were taught PATHS/PFADe in medium or low quality/intensity 2. Standard Triple P parenting programme 2.1. Children whose parents were taught the Standard Triple P parenting programme will show an improved development regarding externalising problem behaviour as compared to the control group. 2.2. Parents who were taught the Standard Triple P parenting programme will show improved parenting skills as compared to the control group. 3. Combined condition Children in the combined condition (PATHS & Triple P) will show the highest improvement compared to those in the "PATHS only" and in the "Triple P only" conditions. |
| Ethics approval(s) | Minimally intrusive intervention, therefore ethical approval not required by the Swiss National Science Foundation nor by University of Zurich. Parental consent was obtained and all data stored according to data protection regulations. |
| Condition | Externalising problem behaviour, delinquency, social skills, parenting skills |
| Intervention | 1. German adaptation of the "Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies" Programme (PATHS) called "Programm zur Förderung Alternativer Denkstrategien" (PFADe). PATHS/PFADe is a classroom-based curriculum aimed at improving social skills in children. The intervention was delivered during grade 2 (at age 8 to 9) typically in three weekly units of 20 minutes in all classes that were allocated to the corresponding treatment condition. More information on the PATHS/PFADe is available at: - http://www.pfade.ch/ and - http://www.prevention.psu.edu/projects/PATHS.html 2. German, Portuguese, Turkish, English, and Albanian version of the "Standard Triple P" parent training. The intervention was made available to all parents in the corresponding treatment condition and consisted of 4 training units (approx. 2.5 hours) in classes of approx. 5 to 15 participants using audio-visual materials and followed by voluntary telephone counselling. The training was delivered at the end of grade 1. More information on the programme is available at: http://www.triplep.net/ |
| Intervention type | Other |
| Primary outcome measure | Social Behaviour Questionnaire (SBQ) developed by R. Tremblay et al. The instrument was administered CAPI parent interviews, in paper-and-pencil teacher questionnaires as well as in an adapted audio-visual self-administered computer-aided child version. It aims at measuring various forms of aggression (physical, reactive, proactive, indirect) as well as ODD, non-aggressive externalising problem behaviour, ADHD, internalising problem behaviour, and prosociality. |
| Secondary outcome measures | 1. PATHS assessed by Social Problem Solving vignettes developed by Dodge et al. 2. Triple P assessed by the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ) developed by Shelton et al. The instrument was administered in CAPI parent interviews. It aims at measuring five core dimensions of parenting behavious, i.e. positive parenting, parental commitment, monitoring, physical punishment, inconsistent discipline. |
| Overall study start date | 15/08/2004 |
| Overall study end date | 31/10/2013 |
Eligibility
| Participant type(s) | Patient |
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| Age group | Other |
| Sex | Both |
| Target number of participants | 1675 |
| Participant inclusion criteria | All children who entered public primary school in the city of Zurich in summer 2004 (either sex) as well as their parents and teachers |
| Participant exclusion criteria | All other children |
| Recruitment start date | 15/08/2004 |
| Recruitment end date | 31/10/2013 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- England
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
Study participating centre
Institute of Criminology
Cambridge
CB3 9DT
United Kingdom
CB3 9DT
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Swiss National Science Foundation (Switzerland)
Research council
Research council
Wildhainweg 3
Postfach 8232
Bern
3001
Switzerland
| Website | http://www.snf.ch/ |
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"ROR" |
https://ror.org/00yjd3n13 |
Funders
Funder type
Other
Swiss National Science Foundation (Switzerland)
Private sector organisation / Trusts, charities, foundations (both public and private)
Private sector organisation / Trusts, charities, foundations (both public and private)
- Alternative name(s)
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds, Swiss National Science Foundation, Fonds National Suisse de la Recherche Scientifique, Fondo Nazionale Svizzero per la Ricerca Scientifica, Fonds National Suisse, Fondo Nazionale Svizzero, Schweizerische Nationalfonds, SNF, SNSF, FNS
- Location
- Switzerland
Jacobs Foundation (Switzerland)
Private sector organisation / Trusts, charities, foundations (both public and private)
Private sector organisation / Trusts, charities, foundations (both public and private)
- Location
- Switzerland
Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (Switzerland)
No information available
Ministry of Education of the Canton of Zurich (Switzerland)
No information available
Swiss Federal Commission for Migration Issues (Switzerland)
No information available
Julius Baer Foundation (Switzerland)
No information available
Results and Publications
| Intention to publish date | |
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| Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | No |
| IPD sharing plan summary | Not provided at time of registration |
| Publication and dissemination plan | Not provided at time of registration |
| IPD sharing plan |
Study outputs
| Output type | Details | Date created | Date added | Peer reviewed? | Patient-facing? |
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| Other publications | Yes | No | |||
| Book results | 01/01/2007 | No | No |
