A randomized controlled trial comparing parent child interaction therapy - toddler, circle of security– parenting™ and waitlist controls in the treatment of disruptive behaviors for children aged 14–24 months: study protocol

Table 1 Summary of key study variables and measurement tools, and assessment time points administered

Variable	Measure	Time 1	Time 2	Time 3^a
Parenting capacity outcomes
Positive parenting	Dyadic Parent-Child Interaction Coding System – Labeled Praise	✓	✓	✓
Negative parenting	Dyadic Parent-Child Interaction Coding System – Negative Talk	✓	✓	✓
Parenting sensitivity	NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development: Sensitivity Scales	✓	✓	✓
Sense of competence in managing negative toddler emotions	Coping with Toddler’s Negative Emotions Scale (CTNES)	✓	✓	✓
Caregiving helplessness	Care-Giving Helplessness Questionnaire (CHQ) - ‘mother helpless’ subscale	✓	✓	✓
Risk of abuse	Brief Child Abuse Potential Inventory (BCAP)	✓	✓	✓
Mentalizing about the child	Mind-mindedness rating system	✓	✓	✓
Emotion regulation	Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)	✓	✓	✓
Parenting stress	Parenting Stress Index–Short Form (PSI-SF)	✓	✓	✓
Child outcomes
Social-emotional functioning	Devereux Early Childhood Assessment (DECA)	✓	✓	✓
Child emotion regulation maturity	Observational 5-min ‘child frustration task’	✓	✓	✓
Attachment security	Attachment Q-sort (AQS)	✓	✓	✓
Attachment security	Strange Situation Procedure (SSP)	✓	✗	✓
Child externalizing behaviour	Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL/1.5–5)	✓	✓	✓

^a Time 3 measures only administered to participants in the PCIT-T and COS-P groups

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