Both qualitative and quantitative studies explored, to some extent, parents’ coping. Quantitative studies focused more on difficulties with coping, including burden and strain (Garland et al., 2007; Kiss et al., 2007; Shin & Brown, 2009). Again, the quantitative heterogeneity of measures and methods, as well as studies’ few reported effect sizes meant that their results were not easily comparable. Qualitative studies allowed for a more holistic exploration of coping ranging parents’ from anguish (Mohr & Regan-Kubinski, 2001) to hopefulness (Riley et al., 2009). The idea of hopefulness is consistent with current models with recovery (Leamy et al., 2011) and suggests that parental coping might align to some degree with the concept of hope in recovery. One theme that arose frequently in the majority of qualitative studies was that of information- or support-seeking. Taken together, studies indicate that information and support-seeking are important strategies for parents. This therefore represents a qualitative evidence base that can be built upon with larger scale quantitative designs. Highlighted in both the qualitative and quantitative studies in the review were the differences in expectations of treatment (Wiess et al., 1974); factors that parents’ determined this (Brown & Wissow, 2008) and the importance of aligning expectations within the system (Day & Reznikoff., 1980; Plunkett, 1984) to enhance parental satisfaction with services (Ronzoni & Dogra, 2011). Simonds et al. (2013) and Ward (2014) argue that recovery should not be applied to young people alone but to their family members too, due to the social nature of recovery. The review was able to highlight aspects of parental conceptions of their mental health problem that are consistent with existing models of child’s recovery, which focuses on living a meaningful life in the continued existence of
Both qualitative and quantitative studies explored, to some extent, parents’ coping. Quantitative studies focused more on difficulties with coping, including burden and strain (Garland et al., 2007; Kiss et al., 2007; Shin & Brown, 2009). Again, the quantitative studies’ heterogeneity of measures and methods, as well as few reported effect sizes meant that their results were not easily comparable. Qualitative studies allowed for a more holistic exploration of parents’ coping ranging from anguish (Mohr & Regan-Kubinski, 2001) to hopefulness (Riley et al., 2009). The idea of hopefulness is consistent with current models with recovery (Leamy et al., 2011) and suggests that parental coping might align to some degree with the concept of hope in recovery. One theme that arose frequently in the majority of qualitative studies was that of information- or support-seeking. Taken together, studies indicate that information and support-seeking are important strategies for parents. This therefore represents a qualitative evidence base that can be built upon with larger scale quantitative designs. Highlighted in both the qualitative and quantitative studies in the review were the differences in parents’ expectations of treatment (Wiess et al., 1974); factors that determined this (Brown & Wissow, 2008) and the importance of aligning expectations within the system (Day & Reznikoff., 1980; Plunkett, 1984) to enhance parental satisfaction with services (Ronzoni & Dogra, 2011). Simonds et al. (2013) and Ward (2014) argue that recovery should not be applied to young people alone but to their family members too, due to the social nature of recovery. The review was able to highlight aspects of parental conceptions of their child’s mental health problem that are consistent with existing models of recovery, which focuses on living a meaningful life in the continued existence of
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