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Parents’ information needs in relation to adolescent self-harm, 2022.

Study number (SN): 0079-00

CITATION

ABOUT THE STUDY

The main aim of this research was to explore the information needs of parents supporting an adolescent who has engaged in self-harm. The research also aimed to gain a better understanding of parental preferences for accessing this information (e.g. online, via SMS message, leaflets). The study used a cross-sectional quantitative design and data was collected online via Qualtrics. Survey items were generated from a rapid review of previous research on the information needs of parents of adolescents who self-harm. Participants were recruited via social media.

The data set includes parents’ (N=128; 115 female) ratings of the importance of 37 information topics derived from the rapid review of the literature. All participating parents indicated that they had personal experience of supporting an adolescent who self-harmed.  In addition to ratings of each of the information topics, parents rated the ways in which they would like to access the data (e.g. online v leaflets) and who they would trust to provide the information (e.g. MH professionals, health services). The dataset also includes demographic details from each participant in relation to themselves and their adolescent as well as their responses to the Parental Attitudes Toward Psychological Services Inventory (PATPSI). The survey also included detailed demographic questions, capturing information both about the participants and their adolescents.

MAIN TOPICS

• Mental Health
• Adolescents
• Parents
• Parental Role
• Self-harm

COVERAGE, UNIVERSE, METHODOLOGY

Population 

Parents of adolescents who self-harm or who have self-harmed in the past.

Observation units 

• Individual

Temporal coverage 

From 10/2021 to 01/2022

Time dimension  

Cross-sectional one-time study

Geographical coverage 

Country: Ireland

Methods of data collection 

• CASI (Computer Assisted Self Interviewing). 

DATA AND DOCUMENTATION: FILES’ DESCRIPTION  

Data (available through ISSDA application process) 

Documentation (available for download) 

LINKS 

A blueprint for providing resources to parents of adolescents who self-harm

https://researchrepository.ucd.ie/handle/10197/13131

ACCESS INFORMATION 

Accessing the data 

To access the data, please complete the ISSDA Data Request Form for Research Purposes - Pseudonymised Datasets, sign it, and send it to ISSDA by email.

Data will be disseminated on receipt of a fully completed, signed form. Incomplete or unsigned forms will be returned to the data requester for completion.

Copyright 

The copyright for this data belongs jointly to Professor Eilis Hennessy, Aine French, Niki Nearchou and Keith Gaynor, School of Psychology, University College Dublin.

Acknowledgements 

Any work based in whole or part on resources provided by the ISSDA, should  acknowledge: “Parents’ information needs in relation to adolescent self-harm, 2022.[dataset]" and also ISSDA, in the following way: “Accessed via the Irish Social Science Data Archive - www.ucd.ie/issda”.

Citation requirement 

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical citation 

Hennessy, E., French, A., Nearchou, F., Gaynor, K. (2023). Parents’ information needs in relation to adolescent self-harm [dataset]. Version 1.  Irish Social Sciences Archive. SN: 0079-00. https://www.ucd.ie/issda/data/Infor-Parent-self-harm/

Notification 

The user shall notify the Irish Social Science Data Archive of all publications where she or he has used the data.