Open AccessOpen trial of the Parent Behavior Change Intervention (PBC-I): Study protocol.
Author(s) -
Lu Dong,
Eve Fine,
Susan Michie,
Qing Zhou,
Alice C. Mullin,
Cynthia G Alvarado-Martinez,
Heather E. Hilmoe,
Melanie Tran,
Allison G. Harvey
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1930-7810
pISSN - 0278-6133
DOI - 10.1037/hea0000873
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , protocol (science) , behavior change , psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , developmental psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , alternative medicine , pathology
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.