Table 6.

The third‐order constructs for the contextual level of the ecological model: External factors shaping readiness to engage (all respondents). Source material from all papers and high quality papers

Respondents	Third‐order constructs	All papers	High “quality” papers
Change in circumstances may require support
Children	Adjustment to the “new reality” in their lives	Peled (1998) Thompson (2011)	Peled (1998) Thompson (2011)
Children	Living in a refuge/shelter	Peled (1998)	Peled (1998)
Shelter experience can provide stability as a base for change for families (mothers and children)
Children	Living in a refuge/shelter	Peled (1998)	Peled (1998)
Practitioners	Situational readiness: families must not be in crisis	Humphreys et al. (2011) Humphreys et al. (2006)	Humphreys et al. (2011)
For families living in the community
Parents	Overcoming practical barriers to attending	Ermentrout et al. (2014)	Ermentrout et al. (2014)
Practitioners’ readiness to deliver therapeutic child‐focused interventions depended on their skills
Practitioners	Practitioners’ skills of working with women and children	Humphreys et al. (2011) Ermentrout et al. (2014)	Humphreys et al. (2011) Ermentrout et al. (2014)
Children	Ability of practitioner to adapt to the child's state of mind in each session	Cater (2014)	Cater (2014)
Intervention setting is important
Parents	Mothers feel that children are in a safe and confidential intervention/space/setting	Ermentrout et al. (2014)	Ermentrout et al. (2014)
Flexibility/adaptability of the intervention itself
Practitioners &Children	Adaptability of the intervention/flexibility of the practitioner helped practitioners to deliver it. And helped children engage	Ermentrout et al. (2014) Cater (2014)	Ermentrout et al. (2014) Cater (2014)
Organisational readiness to support engagement with and delivery of interventions
Practitioners	Organisational readiness	Humphreys et al. (2011)	Humphreys et al. (2011)