Open trial of the Parent Behavior Change Intervention (PBC-I): Study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Parents have profound impacts on adolescents' health behaviors. Yet parents receive minimal training in the elements of conversations that optimally inspire their children toward engaging in healthy behaviors. The current study examines a novel interpersonal target: parent-adolescent conversations about adolescent health behavior change. Derived from advances in the science of behavior change, the Parent Behavior Change Intervention (PBC-I) contains conversational elements (e.g., behavior change techniques, positive communication strategies) hypothesized to reduce parent-adolescent coercion and conflict and facilitate upward spirals of healthy behavior change in adolescents.

Method/design

The first phase of the study involves the development of the PBC-I in a small

SUBMITTER: Dong L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8394527 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature