Study protocol: randomized controlled trial of manualized components in home visitation to reduce mothers’ risk for child maltreatment

Table 1 Overview of Study Variables

Outcome	Measure	T1	T2	T3	T4	Reference
Primary outcomes
Parental self-efficacy	Parenting Stress Index	x	x	x	x	[68]
Levels of perceived stress	Perceived Stress Scale	x	x	x	x	[69]
Parental anger	Parental Anger Scale	x	x	x	x	[70]
Post-traumatic stress symptoms	Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist – Civilian	x	x	x	x	[65]
Secondary outcomes
Risk for child maltreatment	Instrument for early identification of Parents At Risk for child Abuse and Neglect	x			x	[54]
Parenting (Rejection, Hostility, Attention, Affection)	Comprehensive Parenting Behavior Questionnaire	x			x	[71]
Potential moderators
Child temperament (Soothability, Negative emotionality)	Revised Infant Behavior Questionnaire	x				[72]
Child temperament (Soothability, Negative emotionality)	Very Short Form of the Revised Infant Behavior Questionnaire	x				[73]
Life events	Parenting Stress Index	x^a			x^b	[68]

Note. ^a = life events experienced in the past 12 months, ^b = life events experienced during the study

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