Know and grow: A qualitative evaluation of a parent skills training intervention

Objective: This qualitative study examined the experience of parents of children and adolescents with eating disorders after having participated in a skills-based training intervention. Method: Participants were interviewed and transcripts were analysed using inductive thematic analysis. Results: Pa...

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Main Authors: Goodier, G., McCormack, J., Egan, Sarah, Watson, H., Todd, G., Treasure, J., Hoiles, K., Lister, S., James, K.
Format: Journal Article
Published: BioMed Central 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8978
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author Goodier, G.
McCormack, J.
Egan, Sarah
Watson, H.
Todd, G.
Treasure, J.
Hoiles, K.
Lister, S.
James, K.
author_facet Goodier, G.
McCormack, J.
Egan, Sarah
Watson, H.
Todd, G.
Treasure, J.
Hoiles, K.
Lister, S.
James, K.
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description Objective: This qualitative study examined the experience of parents of children and adolescents with eating disorders after having participated in a skills-based training intervention. Method: Participants were interviewed and transcripts were analysed using inductive thematic analysis. Results: Parent responses were organised around key themes of (1) effectiveness and acceptability of the intervention; (2) interpersonal experience of the group process; and (3) feedback on intervention content. Overall, the program was seen by parents to be highly relevant with direct application to supporting their child in home and hospital environments. Discussion: This study reports on preliminary evidence that skillsbased training is acceptable to parents and improves parent functioning including parent self-efficacy, and reduces psychological distress, anxiety, and burden. The study also demonstrated that the intervention can be delivered in a tertiary paediatric treatment setting and it may become cost-effective method for supporting parents and other carers. Future research is required on treatment efficacy and patient outcomes.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-89782017-09-13T14:50:55Z Know and grow: A qualitative evaluation of a parent skills training intervention Goodier, G. McCormack, J. Egan, Sarah Watson, H. Todd, G. Treasure, J. Hoiles, K. Lister, S. James, K. Objective: This qualitative study examined the experience of parents of children and adolescents with eating disorders after having participated in a skills-based training intervention. Method: Participants were interviewed and transcripts were analysed using inductive thematic analysis. Results: Parent responses were organised around key themes of (1) effectiveness and acceptability of the intervention; (2) interpersonal experience of the group process; and (3) feedback on intervention content. Overall, the program was seen by parents to be highly relevant with direct application to supporting their child in home and hospital environments. Discussion: This study reports on preliminary evidence that skillsbased training is acceptable to parents and improves parent functioning including parent self-efficacy, and reduces psychological distress, anxiety, and burden. The study also demonstrated that the intervention can be delivered in a tertiary paediatric treatment setting and it may become cost-effective method for supporting parents and other carers. Future research is required on treatment efficacy and patient outcomes. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8978 10.1186/2050-2974-2-S1-O36 BioMed Central fulltext
spellingShingle Goodier, G.
McCormack, J.
Egan, Sarah
Watson, H.
Todd, G.
Treasure, J.
Hoiles, K.
Lister, S.
James, K.
Know and grow: A qualitative evaluation of a parent skills training intervention
title Know and grow: A qualitative evaluation of a parent skills training intervention
title_full Know and grow: A qualitative evaluation of a parent skills training intervention
title_fullStr Know and grow: A qualitative evaluation of a parent skills training intervention
title_full_unstemmed Know and grow: A qualitative evaluation of a parent skills training intervention
title_short Know and grow: A qualitative evaluation of a parent skills training intervention
title_sort know and grow: a qualitative evaluation of a parent skills training intervention
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8978