Parent-Child Memory Study: Improving Future Thinking Among Mothers

Parents of children from impoverished communities are disproportionately more likely to engage in harsh physical discipline, which can lead to serious clinical outcomes, including suicidal ideation and attempts. One mechanism linking low resource environments and maladaptive parenting strategies is maternal delay discounting, or the tendency to value smaller, immediate rewards (such as stopping children's misbehavior via physical means) relative to larger, but delayed rewards (like improving the parent-child relationship). This study will examine the efficacy of implementing a low-cost, brief intervention targeting the reduction of maternal delay discounting to inform broader public health efforts aimed at improving adolescent mental health outcomes in traditionally underserved communities.

NCT Number	NCT06145919
Lead Sponsor	Henry Ford Health System Collaborators: University of Kansas, University of Maryland, College Park, Michigan State University
Conditions	Behavior, Health
Enrollment	144 participants
Start Date	2024-02-06
Primary Completion	2025-08-31 (estimated)
Study Completion	2025-08-31 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2025-05-14