Attachment and trauma-informed programme to support forcibly displaced parents of youth in Sweden: feasibility and preliminary outcomes of the eConnect Online programme.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the feasibility, acceptability and the impact of an online parenting programme for forcibly displaced parents of adolescents.

Design

The study was a single-arm feasibility study using pre-intervention post-intervention and follow-up assessments.

Setting

Participants were recruited from municipality-based activities for refugee parents in a small city in the south of Sweden.

Participants

Participants were forcibly displaced parents (n=23; 47.8% maternal figures) of youth (n=23; 8-17 years old; 26.1% female) from Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia participating in an online parenting programme (eConnect).

Intervention

eConnect is an attachment-based and trauma-informed parenting intervention and was delivered over the course

SUBMITTER: Kristen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10407377 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature