Perceived Need and Social Relatedness Contribute to Change in Selective Prevention for Mental Illness: a Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT: Selective preventive interventions aim to reduce mental illness in high-risk populations, yet the reasons why some children benefit while others do not remain unclear. This study explores participants' perceptions of mechanisms contributing to change in a family-based preventive intervention for children of parents with severe mental illness. Using an exploratory sequential mixed methods approach, we conducted an abductive qualitative analysis of focus groups (eight parents, eight children) to identify narratives of mechanisms contributing to change. The qualitative findings informed a subgrouping variable for a quantitative post hoc exploratory subgroup analysis of secondary data from the VIA Family trial (N = 110). The qualitative findings indicate that child mental health problems, pare

SUBMITTER: Muller AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12394378 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature