Why participate?
The Programs Empowering Parents (PEP) Study is led by Associate Professor Marie Yap at Monash University.
Research shows us that parenting programs can help parents develop skills and knowledge to help support their child's mental health. However, not all parents find these programs suitable, with lower engagement in certain parent populations.
Through this study we aim to understand what different types of parents want from online parenting programs so that programs can be developed that a wider-range of parents want to use and find helpful.
This is where you come in!
We need as many different types of parents as possible to participate in this study so that our findings accurately capture and reflect the preferences of different types of Australian parents and carers.
We hope that this will lead to fewer mental health difficulties in young people across Australia.
If you wish to participate in The PEP Survey, please click here.
McGoron, L., & Ondersma, S. (2015). Reviewing the need for technological and other expansions of evidence-based parent training for young children. Children and Youth Services Review, 59, 71–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.10.012
Yap, M. B. H., & Jorm, A. F. (2015). Parental factors associated with childhood anxiety, depression, and internalizing problems: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 175, 424–440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2015.01.050
Yap, M. B. H., Pilkington, P. D., Ryan, S. M., & Jorm, A. F. (2014). Parental factors associated with depression and anxiety in young people: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 156, 8–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2013.11.007