Peer connections as an intervention with children of families where a parent has a mental illness: Moving towards an understanding of the processes of change |
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| Institution: | 1. Monash University, Krongold Centre, Faculty of Education, Australia;2. Monash University, School of Rural Health, Department of Rural and Indigenous Health, Australia;1. Institute of Molecular Pathogenesis, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (Federal Research Institute for Animal Health), Naumburger Str. 96a, 07743 Jena, Germany;2. Centre for Research on Intracellular Bacteria, Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital Center and University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 48, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland;1. Neuropathology, University of Edinburgh Division of Pathology, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK;2. Child Life and Health, University of Edinburgh, 20 Sylvan Place, Edinburgh EH9 1UW, UK;3. Paediatric Pathology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, 9 Sciennes Rd, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH9 1LF, UK;1. University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Child Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Germany;2. University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Medical Psychology, Germany;1. Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, 2400 E. Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211, United States;2. Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois–Chicago, 1040 W. Harrison St., Chicago, IL 60607, United States;3. Department of Sociology, University of Illinois–Chicago, 1007 W. Harrison St., Chicago, IL 60607, United States |
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| Abstract: | Prevention and early intervention programmes have been found to impede the transmission of mental illness from parents to children. However, the extant processes of change in such programmes are less clear. This study focuses on the impact of a peer support programme developed for children and adolescents who have a parent with a mental illness and examines the processes of change which might promote positive outcomes for youth. A mixed methods research approach was employed with participants aged between 8 and 12 years old; 69 completed pre- and post-questionnaires and 18 of these same participants engaged in telephone interviews post programme. Results demonstrate improved mental health knowledge and children reported that they were more likely to use an anonymous telephone helpline after attending the programme. Children indicated that the programme provided a place of respite from caring for their parent with a mental illness, an opportunity to connect with peers, and a positive change in perception of their parent's mental illness. The reported findings are moving towards an understanding of the process of change in programmes. |
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