Decreasing Substance use Risk among African American Youth: Parent-based Mechanisms of Change
Autor: | Man-Kit Lei, Ashley C. Wells, Jelani Mandara, Gene H. Brody, Steven M. Kogan, Steven R. H. Beach, Allen W. Barton |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Předmět: |
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Substance-Related Disorders Vulnerability Article Developmental psychology Intervention (counseling) medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Parent-Child Relations Child Aged African american Public health 05 social sciences Socialization Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged Black or African American Health psychology 050902 family studies Culturally sensitive 0509 other social sciences Substance use Psychology Risk Reduction Behavior 050104 developmental & child psychology Clinical psychology |
Zdroj: | Prevention Science. 17:572-583 |
ISSN: | 1573-6695 1389-4986 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11121-016-0651-6 |
Popis: | African American couples (N = 139; 67.7 % married; with children between the ages of 9 and 14) were randomly assigned to (a) a culturally sensitive, couple- and parenting-focused program designed to prevent stress-spillover (n = 70) or (b) an information-only control condition in which couples received self-help materials (n = 69). Eight months after baseline, youth whose parents participated in the program, compared with control youth, reported increased parental monitoring, positive racial socialization, and positive self-concept, as well as decreased conduct problems and self-reported substance use. Changes in youth-reported parenting behavior partially mediated the effect of the intervention on conduct problems and fully mediated its impact on positive self-concept, but did not mediate effects on lifetime substance use initiation. Results suggest the potential for a culturally sensitive family-based intervention targeting adults' couple and parenting processes to enhance multiple parenting behaviors as well as decrease youths' substance use onset and vulnerability. |
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