Logging into therapy: Adolescent perceptions of online therapies for mental health problems
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Donovan, Caroline L
March, Sonja
Forbes, Yvette
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Objectives: This study describes adolescent attitudes towards online therapies and explores the factors that predict these attitudes. Method: Australian adolescents (N = 217) were surveyed on their knowledge of, attitudes towards (including perceived problems, perceived benefits, and perceived helpfulness), recommended availability of, and intentions to use online therapies. In addition, demographic and clinical factors, factors relating to technology use, adolescents' mental health attitudes, and personality traits were also measured. Results: The findings suggested that 72.0% of adolescents would access an online therapy if they experienced a mental health problem and 31.9% would choose an online therapy over traditional face-to-face support. The most valued benefits of these programs included alleviation of stigma and increased accessibility. Knowledge of online therapies was found to positively predict perceived helpfulness and intended uptake. Conclusions: This study provides insight into adolescent attitudes towards online therapies and highlights the need to investigate strategies for increasing uptake.
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Internet Interventions
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15
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© Author(s) 2019. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) license, which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited. You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work.
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Child and adolescent development
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Sweeney, GM; Donovan, CL; March, S; Forbes, Y, Logging into therapy: Adolescent perceptions of online therapies for mental health problems, Internet Interventions, 2019, 15, pp. 93-99