Parental Involvement in Child Anxiety and Depression

Exploring the Impact of Delivery Format on Modifiable Parental Factors

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ID13404198
AuthorsKristin Ytreland (0000-0001-9430-2584, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, corresponding author), Elisabeth Valmyr Bania (0000-0003-4708-489X, Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Stian Lydersen (0000-0001-6613-8596, Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Anne Mari Sund (0000-0002-3965-8315, Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Simon-Peter Neumer, Simon‐peter Neumer (0000-0003-4370-8159, Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway), Frode Adolfsen (0000-0002-1531-709X, Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway), K Martinsen (0000-0003-3523-9962, University of Oslo), Kristin Dagmar Martinsen, Lene-Mari Potulski Rasmussen, Lene‐mari Potulski Rasmussen (0000-0002-7092-2495, Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway), Jo Magne Ingul (0000-0002-5506-9238, Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
Year2025
Publication date2025-02-13
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChild Psychiatry & Human Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0009-398X • E-ISSN: 1573-3327
PublisherSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s10578-025-01814-6
PMID39946004
OpenAlexW4407530737
LanguageEN
References cited38

Prior research has linked parental factors such as parent psychopathology, family functioning, parenting style, and parental practices to child anxiety and depression. Parents are often involved in interventions for these disorders. However, previous research suggests that this does not always add to the effect of child treatment alone. Furthermore, little research report changes in known parental risk and protective factors. As part of the ECHO-trial, we examined two delivery formats of parental involvement in the Emotion intervention, an indicated school-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program to prevent child anxiety and depression. Parents received either five parent group sessions or a brochure, while their children attended group sessions. Parents (N = 1028) completed our online survey at baseline, post-intervention, and/or 12-month follow-up. On average, parents showed small improvements in anxiety and depression symptoms and parental practices over time. There was no difference in parental factors between parents in the group sessions and the brochure condition.The trial was preregistered at https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ (NCT04263558), in February 2020

Anxiety · Depression (economics · Developmental psychology · Intervention (counseling · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Psychopathology · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Psychology

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