Child ADHD and anxiety: Parent mental health literacy and information preferences

Reynolds, K (通讯作者),Univ Manitoba, Dept Psychol, P313 Duff Roblin,190 Dysart Rd, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada.
2022-11
This research explored parents' mental health literacy (MHL) skills (i.e., recognizing symptoms and identifying effective help-seeking strategies) for child attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and anxiety, factors associated with their MHL, and preferences for receiving information about each disorder. N = 128 parents were recruited from community organizations to participate in an online survey. Parents were randomly assigned to read one vignette depicting a child with symptoms of ADHD or anxiety. They were asked to identify the depicted problem and rate the helpfulness of potential help-seeking strategies (i.e., different health professionals and medications). They also completed measures of parental self-efficacy and parenting stress and indicated information preferences for learning about symptoms and treatment. Parents scored just above the mid-range on a measure of their MHL skills, with no significant difference between parents responding to the ADHD and anxiety vignettes. Stronger MHL was associated with being a mother, having personal, family, or friend-related mental health experience, and stronger parental self-efficacy. Parents were interested in receiving more information about child ADHD and anxiety via health provider or written format. Results are valuable for informing future MHL intervention efforts to educate parents about symptoms and treatment for common child mental health problems such as ADHD and anxiety.
CHILD & FAMILY SOCIAL WORK
卷号:27|期号:4|页码:665-678
ISSN:1356-7500|收录类别:SSCI
语种
英语
来源机构
University of Manitoba; University of Manitoba
资助信息
University of Manitoba; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship
被引频次(WOS)
0
被引频次(其他)
0
180天使用计数
3
2013以来使用计数
9
EISSN
1365-2206
出版年
2022-11
DOI
10.1111/cfs.12915
学科领域
循证社会学
关键词
ADHD anxiety child mental health information preferences mental health literacy
资助机构
University of Manitoba Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship
WOS学科分类
Family Studies Social Work