ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2026
Exploring Engagement with the Online 'Parenting with Anxiety' Intervention Within a Community Setting: A Quasi-Experimental Feasibility Study.
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backgroundParental anxiety is a significant risk factor for child anxiety, yet evidence-based support remains inaccessible to most. The predecessor 'Parenting with Anxiety' (PWA) RCT evaluated an unguided online intervention across 1800 parents and demonstrated effectiveness but reached a homogeneous sample with only 19% completing all modules.
objectiveTo explore whether community embedding and brief therapist support could broaden reach and improve engagement.
methodA quasi-experimental design of 28 eligible parents (96% female; 46% from minoritised ethnic backgrounds; 50% experiencing financial hardship) were self-allocated to therapist-support (
resultsIn total, 80% of self-guided participants never logged in versus 31% of therapist-support participants; as arms differed in recruitment pathway, this cannot be attributed to therapist support alone. Therapist-support parents reported high satisfaction and parental anxiety improved reliably in four of 11 participants at post-intervention and four at follow-up, with none reliably deteriorating. Child anxiety showed no consistent pattern.
conclusionsCommunity-embedded, therapist-supported PWA delivery was feasible, acceptable, and associated with higher engagement, though self-selection and the small sample preclude causal interpretation.
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