title: Knowing What to Do and Being Able to Do It: Influences on Parent Choice and Use of Practices to Support Young People Living with Mental Illness.
abstract: A parent's response to a young person's mental illness can influence their recovery and wellbeing. Many parents devote considerable time and energy to supporting a young person experiencing mental illness and engage in numerous different practices to do so. Yet little is known about why parents use particular practices. This article explores this question through qualitative analysis of parent perspectives. Interviews with 32 parents of young people living with mental illness were analysed using constant comparative analysis. Findings suggest that parents' choice of and ability to carry out particular practices are shaped by: their knowledge and beliefs; their personal resources and constraints; and their social and service networks. Further, parents took active measures to optimize these influences. By understanding the complexity of their own potential influence on both knowing what to do and being able to do it, health professionals can better enable parents to support young adults experiencing mental illness.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe, 1825, Australia. anne.honey@sydney.edu.au.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Honey
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe, 1825, Australia.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chesterman
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe, 1825, Australia.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hancock
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe, 1825, Australia.
authors.forename: Gwynnyth
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Llewellyn
authors.affiliation: Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hazell
authors.affiliation: Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Clarke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002755:Choice Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012944:Social Support; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Adolescents; Carer perspectives; Carers; Parent support; Young adults
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