Department of Psychology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82072, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jun 30;19(13):8057. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19138057.
Youth who are prescribed psychotropic medication are disproportionally affected by overweight/obesity (OW/OB), yet few interventions have been tailored to their needs. To develop new interventions, it is important to address the needs, preferences, and intentions of target users. Qualitative methods within the theory of planned behavior (TPB) framework were used in this study to identify salient beliefs which may influence attitudes associated with parents' intentions to participate in a future online intervention designed to develop behavioral health coaching skills among parents and guardians. Twenty parents and guardians of youth with OW/OB who were taking psychotropic medications, and were eligible for the study, were recruited through TurkPrime. Parents and guardians identified key salient beliefs consistent with the theory of planned behavior including behavioral beliefs (e.g., access and convenience), normative beliefs (e.g., family), and control beliefs (e.g., cost) that may influence their decision to enroll in a future, parent-oriented intervention. The results of this study suggest important salient beliefs which may be included in future research, as well as specific preferences which may be used to guide the development of a future intervention. Future work should focus on the creation of a salient belief quantitative measure and assess the relationships of these beliefs to attitudinal constructs and behaviors.
接受精神药物治疗的青少年不成比例地受到超重/肥胖（OW/OB）的影响，但针对他们的需求的干预措施却很少。为了开发新的干预措施，重要的是要满足目标用户的需求、偏好和意图。本研究采用计划行为理论（TPB）框架内的定性方法，确定可能影响与父母参与未来旨在培养父母和监护人行为健康指导技能的在线干预措施的态度相关的态度的重要信念。通过 TurkPrime 招募了 20 名正在服用精神药物且符合研究条件的 OW/OB 青少年的父母和监护人。父母和监护人确定了与计划行为理论一致的关键重要信念，包括行为信念（例如，可及性和便利性）、规范信念（例如，家庭）和控制信念（例如，成本），这些信念可能会影响他们参加未来以父母为导向的干预措施的决定。这项研究的结果表明，可能会纳入未来研究的重要重要信念，以及可能用于指导未来干预措施制定的具体偏好。未来的工作应侧重于创建重要信念的定量衡量标准，并评估这些信念与态度结构和行为之间的关系。
