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Parenting / Families

(PS7-36) Engaging Families in Research: Qualitative Findings from a Humanitarian Setting

Saturday, November 22, 2025
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
Location: Elite Hall A, Level 1
Abstract Text: Engaging underrepresented populations in empirical research and mental healthcare can be challenging for researchers due to stigma and mistrust. Full engagement requires the establishment of strong community partnerships and immersion in the community. This proposal aims to illustrate the valuable information that can be gained as a result of such immersion with community partners. As part of a larger study on a 7-week, clinician-led intervention focused on behavioral strategies to improve emotion understanding, emotional expression, self-regulation, and prosocial behavior in Peruvian children aged 5-11 (N = 30), mothers will be interviewed to better understand their perspectives on parenting and fostering emotional fluency in their children. These qualitative parent interviews will provide additional insight into parental use of emotion talk and promotion of emotion regulation strategies. Data collection will be completed between June and August 2025 in partnership with the clinic director. Qualitative data will be categorized based on common themes and the findings will draw conclusions on parenting considerations in humanitarian settings.