Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis: Coping Strategies of Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults of Parents with a Mental Illness.

ABSTRACT: To examine and integrate the current state of knowledge regarding qualitative literature on the coping strategies employed by children, adolescents, and young adults of parents with a mental illness. A systematic literature search was conducted in November 2023 in the following databases: APA PsycInfo, PubMed, Web of Science, CINAHL Ultimate, and Psychology and Behavioral Science Collection. Peer-reviewed studies utilizing a qualitative or mixed-method design were eligible for inclusion. After quality assessment, a total of 14 articles were included. These studies were analyzed following a qualitative research synthesis, and the reported coping instances were extracted and classified into higher-order families of coping, as conceptualized by Skinner and colleagues (Skinner et al., Psycholo

SUBMITTER: Sawitzki F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12634705 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature