Adapting a coach-assisted web-based intervention for parents of adolescents who refuse school: qualitative study with users of the Partners in Parenting Plus programme.
BJPsych Open
; 10(2): e68, 2024 Mar 15.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
School refusal is a heterogenous problem which typically emerges in adolescence and co-occurs with internalising disorders. A substantial proportion of adolescents do not respond to existing treatment modalities; thus, novel, effective intervention options are needed. Partners in Parenting Plus (PiP+) is a coach-assisted, web-based intervention designed to empower parents to respond to adolescent internalising disorders.AIMS:
To conduct a process evaluation of PiP+ and identify programme adaptations required to meet the needs of parents of adolescents who refuse school.METHOD:
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 Australian mothers who had (a) received the PiP+ programme (not tailored for school refusal) during a prior research trial; and (b) reported that their adolescent was refusing school during their participation in PiP+. Inductive thematic analysis was used to analyse interview transcripts.RESULTS:
Participants were 41-53 years old (M = 47.8) and parenting adolescent children aged 14-17 years (M = 14.9). Three themes illustrated how PiP+ features met or could better meet the needs of parents of adolescents who were refusing school (a) feeling heard, supported and respected; (b) relevance to me and my context; and (c) seeing positive changes. Participants had favourable views of PiP+, especially coached components. Participants requested programme enhancements to better meet the needs of parents of neurodiverse adolescents and discussed the impact of cumulative help-seeking 'failures' on self-efficacy and locus of control.CONCLUSIONS:
PiP+ was highly acceptable to the majority of parents navigating the issue of school refusal. This has implications for the enhancement of coach-assisted parenting interventions and the context-specific adaptation of PiP+ for school refusal.
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BJPsych Open
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2024
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