Web-Based Parent-Training for Parents of Youth With Impairment From Anxiety

ABSTRACT

Child Anxiety Tales (CAT), an online, web-based cognitive-behavioral parent-training program for parents of youth with anxiety, was developed and evaluated. Parents (N = 73; 59 female; 52.1% Caucasian, 42.5% African American, 4.1% Hispanic) who reported concerns about anxiety in their child (7–14 years; M = 10.1 ± 1.6) were randomly assigned to (a) parent-training provided through CAT, (b) parent-training provided via bibliotherapy, or (c) a waitlist control. Measures of parent knowledge, the acceptability of training, and child symptomatology were completed at pre- and post-parent-training and at 3-month follow-up. Findings support the feasibility, acceptability, and beneficial effects on knowledge of CAT for parents of youth with impairment from anxiety.

Acknowledgments

Parts of this article were previously presented at the Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies Child Anxiety Special Interest Group Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2014.

Conflict of interest

Authors Muniya S. Khanna and Philip C. Kendall receive royalties as authors of the Child Anxiety Tales program.

Funding

Research on Child Anxiety Tales was supported by National Institute of Mental Health SBIR MH084321.

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Funding

Research on Child Anxiety Tales was supported by National Institute of Mental Health SBIR MH084321.