TY - JOUR
T1 - A matched control trial of a mental health literacy intervention for parents in community sports clubs
AU - Hurley, Diarmuid
AU - Allen, Mark S.
AU - Swann, Christian
AU - Vella, Stewart A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by funding from the Movember Foundation-The Mental Health Initiative Grant 2014. The funding source had no other involvement in the study design or completion.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2021/5/4
Y1 - 2021/5/4
N2 - This controlled trial evaluated the effectiveness of a mental health literacy intervention for parents delivered through community sport clubs. In total, 540 parents (321 females, 219 males) of adolescent athletes participated in a brief educational workshop on youth mental health (n = 352) or a community-matched control group (n = 188). Generalised linear mixed models revealed no significant improvements in the intervention group compared to control in the primary mental health literacy outcomes, at 1 month follow-up. However, parents in the intervention group were more likely to seek formal help for themselves, had increased confidence and knowledge to help someone experiencing a mental health disorder, experienced reduced psychological distress, and perceived more support from other parents in their sport club, relative to the control group. Overall, the findings suggest that a brief educational intervention delivered through community sports clubs can positively affect some components of parents’ mental health literacy.
AB - This controlled trial evaluated the effectiveness of a mental health literacy intervention for parents delivered through community sport clubs. In total, 540 parents (321 females, 219 males) of adolescent athletes participated in a brief educational workshop on youth mental health (n = 352) or a community-matched control group (n = 188). Generalised linear mixed models revealed no significant improvements in the intervention group compared to control in the primary mental health literacy outcomes, at 1 month follow-up. However, parents in the intervention group were more likely to seek formal help for themselves, had increased confidence and knowledge to help someone experiencing a mental health disorder, experienced reduced psychological distress, and perceived more support from other parents in their sport club, relative to the control group. Overall, the findings suggest that a brief educational intervention delivered through community sports clubs can positively affect some components of parents’ mental health literacy.
KW - Brief intervention
KW - Child and adolescent mental health
KW - Prevention
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U2 - 10.1007/s10578-020-00998-3
DO - 10.1007/s10578-020-00998-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 32367194
AN - SCOPUS:85085106981
SN - 0009-398X
VL - 52
SP - 141
EP - 153
JO - Child Psychiatry and Human Development
JF - Child Psychiatry and Human Development
IS - 1
ER -