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Title: | Parents' acceptability of blended psychological interventions for children with emotional disorders | Authors: | Moreira, Helena Góis, Ana Carolina Pereira, Ana Maria Pereira, Bárbara Caiado, Brigida Nepomuceno, Maria Inês Pereira, Ana Isabel |
Keywords: | Blended therapy; Children; Parents; Emotional disorders; Acceptability | Issue Date: | Dec-2023 | Publisher: | Elsevier | Project: | PTDC/PSI-GER/0689/2020 | Serial title, monograph or event: | Internet Interventions | Volume: | 34 | Abstract: | Objectives: This study aims to (1) describe parents' knowledge and use of online resources to address children's mental health issues and the family's general internet and technology usage patterns; (2) examine parents' acceptance of blended interventions for children with emotional disorders (ED); and (3) analyse the predictors of parents' intention to use a blended intervention if their children experienced an ED. Method: The sample included 164 Portuguese parents (95.7 % mothers) of children between the ages of 6 and 13 years who completed an online survey. The study was disseminated through social networks, personal contacts of the researchers, and among parents participating in a randomized controlled trial investigating the efficacy of a psychological intervention for children with ED. Results: Only 4.3 % of parents knew about online psychological interventions for children, and only 1.2 % had used them before. Most parents (73.2 %) reported that they would choose face-to-face individual therapy as their first option if their child had any ED, followed by blended therapy (14.8 %). Regression analyses showed that higher levels of parents' intention to use a blended intervention were predicted by their perceptions of the utility or efficacy of this type of delivery format. Discussion/conclusion: These results suggest that although most parents show unfamiliarity with blended psychological interventions for children, they consider it a treatment modality to which they would resort if their children had emotional difficulties. Their intention to use such an intervention seems to be more likely if they perceive it as useful and effective. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/111606 | ISSN: | 22147829 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.invent.2023.100687 | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | FPCEUC - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais I&D CINEICC - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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