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CHAPTER 1 16 parents, children (when aged 12 and over), and care professionals over the course of three years. Information is available on the enrolment, care processes and outcomes of the care sample. Information is also available on children and adolescents in a community sample from the same region [20]. This enabled us to compare children in care with the general population. With the data fromboth samples we will be able to provide empirical information on various aspects of enrolment in psychosocial care: views of parents and adolescents in the community regarding barriers to care, determinants (specifically the role of the child’s social environment) of enrolment in and use of care, and the types of problems (of the child and family) upon enrolment in different types of care, and the association of enrolment with outcomes (i.e., care duration and problem solution after three and twelve months). Figure 1 Research themes of longitudinal prospective cohort study TakeCare Research questions This thesis is aimed at augmenting current insights into children’s and adolescents’ enrolment in psychosocial care, and the association of enrolment with subsequent care and care outcomes. The following research questions will be addressed: 1. How many parents and adolescents in the community sample expect barriers when considering seeking psychosocial care for the child? What types of barriers are most frequently expected? And which child and family characteristics are associated with these expectations regarding barriers to care? 2. What are the psychometric properties of the Barriers to Treatment Participation Scale-Expectancies (BTPS-exp) in terms of internal consistency, scale structure, parent-adolescent agreement and validity? 3. What are determinants of children’s and adolescents’ enrolment in and use of psychosocial care as reported in the literature? E NROLMENT C ONTENTS C OMMUNICATION T AKE C ARE L ONGITUDINAL COHORT STUDY