Table 1.

Search terms and inclusion and exclusion criteria

Search terms
[parent* or mother* or father* or famil* or caregiver*] AND [engage* or involve* or participat* or “homework compliance” or “homework completion” or adhere*] AND [prevent* or intervention* or service* or program*] AND [mental health” or “behavioral health” or “parent training”] NOT [schizophrenia or pregnancy or cancer or diabetes or oncology or dementia or HIV or AIDS or obesity or inpatient or “residential treatment” or “older adult*” or “adult caregiver*” or “chronic pain” or “multiple sclerosis” or “weight management” or bulimia or anorexia or “chronic illness” or “developmental delay*” or “developmental disabilit*” or “emotional eating” or “autism” or “drug abuse*” or “alcohol abuse*” or “substance abuse*”]
Abstract screening eligibility criteria
Include
About a program that has been implemented.
Exclude
About a drug or vitamin treatment only.
About adults 18 and over, not in their role as caregivers.
About pregnant women.
If the target population is limited to families with a child with a specified physical health problems like obesity, diabetes, cancer, or traumatic brain injury.
Focuses only on autism, speech/language treatment, physical therapy, or occupational therapy.
Exclude if the article focuses on children under 18 that have a diagnosed mental health disorder.
Exclude if the article is a review article, case study, or study protocol that describes a study that has not been completed yet.
Exclude if the article is clearly not about child mental health.
Article screening inclusion criteria
The article examined caregiver participation engagement in a program, defined as specific caregiver participation behaviors in clinical interactions, homework completion or adherence to intervention strategies at home, and/or any type of ratings of how much the caregiver participated in the service beyond attendance.
The article examined single or multiple program(s).
The program examined in the article is focused at least in part on addressing child (18 and younger) mental health disorders.
The program was focused at least in part on preventing child mental health disorders (versus treatment for an already diagnosed disorder).
The article included original quantitative data analyses that asked an inferential research question that identified factors associated with CPE, examined associations between CPE and outcomes, and/or explored the effects of strategies used to enhance CPE.