Supporting children's participation by targeting parental self-efficacy
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Supporting children’s occupational participation by targeting parental self-efficacy: An Action Research Project
IRAS ID
180491
Contact name
Rob Brooks
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Leeds Beckett University
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 9 months, 15 days
Research summary
This project will explore child therapy interventions with parents to target their self-efficacy to help their own child with motor coordination difficulties. Self-efficacy refers to one’s own belief in one's ability to succeed. This action research study will first review current literature to identify what type of interventions could best address parental self-efficacy, for example teaching goal setting. Following this two focus groups will be conducted, one with parents of children with motor coordination difficulties and one with occupational therapists and physiotherapists working with children with motor coordination difficulties. The aim of the focus groups are to explore how parents and therapists believe self-efficacy interventions could best be delivered to parents (for example a self-help guide or in a parents group). The findings of the literature review and the focus groups will act as guidance for future development of interventions to target parental self-efficacy for parents with children who have motor coordination difficulties. It is hoped that the findings from this study could form the basis of a future larger study to evaluate the effectiveness of a self-efficacy intervention for parents.
REC name
South Central - Berkshire B Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/SC/0278
Date of REC Opinion
29 Apr 2015
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion