Journal article

A tailored web-based intervention to improve parenting risk and protective factors for adolescent depression and anxiety problems: Postintervention findings from a randomized controlled trial

MBH Yap, S Mahtani, RM Rapee, C Nicolas, KA Lawrence, A MacKinnon, AF Jorm

Journal of Medical Internet Research | JMIR PUBLICATIONS, INC | Published : 2018

Abstract

Background: Depression and anxiety disorders in young people are a global health concern. Parents have an important role in reducing the risk of these disorders, but cost-effective, evidence-based interventions for parents that can be widely disseminated are lacking. Objective: This study aimed to examine the postintervention effects of the Partners in Parenting (PiP) program on parenting risk and protective factors for adolescent depression and anxiety, and on adolescent depression and anxiety symptoms. Methods: A two-Arm randomized controlled trial was conducted with 359 parent-Adolescent dyads, recruited primarily through schools across Australia. Parents and adolescents were assessed at ..

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Grants

Awarded by Australian Research Council


Funding Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council for the Web development of the PiP intervention, and the partnership of beyondblue, the national depression and anxiety initiative in the development of the parenting guidelines. The authors received salary support from the NHMRC for a Career Development Fellowship (MBHY, APP1061744) and a Senior Principal Research Fellowship (AFJ, APP1059785), an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship (RMR, FL150100096), and an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship (CN). The RCT is supported by an Australian Rotary Health Research Grant and Monash University's Advancing Women's Research Success Grant. None of the funding sources had any role in the conduct or publication of this study. The authors thank the reference group of parents and focus groups of students who contributed to the development of the PiP intervention. They also acknowledge with thanks the contributions of Jennifer Hanson-Peterson, Mairead Cardamone-Breen, and Jacqueline Green in the development and testing of the intervention and in project management, as well as their research assistants and the schools and organizations that assisted with recruitment for the RCT.