“…The results also suggest that the EFFT intervention improved parental self-efficacy with respect to their active involvement in their child's treatment. Given that parental self-efficacy is regarded as a key mechanism of change in a child's recovery (Byrne, Accurso, Arnow, Lock, & Le Grange, 2015;Dimitropoulos, Freeman, Lock, & Le Grange, 2015;Lafrance Robinson, McCague, & Whissell, 2012;Lafrance Robinson et al, 2015), this is an important finding and suggests that parental self-efficacy should be included as a variable in studies of child mental health. Parent self-efficacy pre-intervention means in this study were very low, similar to those reported pre-intervention (M = 18.56, SD = 3.39) in Lafrance , suggesting that low levels of self-efficacy may be common among parents with a child experiencing mental health difficulties.…”