The adult (parent) participants who are enrolled in the randomized clinical trial will receive a podcast-based program that teaches several parenting skills that have demonstrated efficacy and effectiveness for improving child adjustment after divorce in the short- and long- term in previous randomized trials. The anticipated risks are considered minimal and reasonable in relation to the anticipated benefit of an intervention tailored to help after separation/divorce.
The child participants (aged 11-18, offspring of parent participants) will receive no direct benefits of participation but may receive indirect benefits from the proposed research through podcast-induced improvements in their parent's parenting (as described above).
Age
8–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
For Parents, eligibility criteria are:
1. divorced, separated, separated but never married, or divorcing/separating within the last two years;
2. one or more children between the ages of 8-18 years old;
3. have in-person contact with their child(ren) at least three hours per week or have at least one overnight visit every other week;
4. have access to a smartphone with internet that can play audio files;
5. English speaking.
For children, eligibility criteria are:
1. have a parent who is participating in the trial;
2. be between the ages of 8-18 and
3. have access to a computer to complete assessments. If a parent has more than one child aged 8-18 interested in participating, we will randomly select one child to ensure independence of responses.
