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The Chicago Parent Program: Comparing 1‐year outcomes for African American and Latino parents of young children
Author(s) -
Breitenstein Susan M.,
Gross Deborah,
Fogg Louis,
Ridge Alison,
Garvey Christine,
Julion Wrenetha,
Tucker Sharon
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.21489
Subject(s) - corporal punishment , ethnic group , african american , intervention (counseling) , psychology , spanking , praise , developmental psychology , randomized controlled trial , clinical psychology , medicine , poison control , suicide prevention , psychiatry , social psychology , environmental health , ethnology , surgery , sociology , anthropology , history
Data were merged from two prevention randomized trials testing 1‐year outcomes of a parenting skills program, the Chicago Parent Program (CPP) and comparing its effects for African‐American ( n = 291) versus Latino ( n = 213) parents and their preschool children. Compared to controls, intervention parents had improved self‐efficacy, used less corporal punishment and more consistent discipline, and demonstrated more positive parenting. Intervention children had greater reductions in behavior problems based on parent‐report, teacher‐report, and observation. Although improvements from the CPP were evident for parents in both racial/ethnic groups, Latino parents reported greater improvements in their children's behavior and in parenting self‐efficacy but exhibited greater decreases in praise. Findings support the efficacy of the CPP for African American and Latino parents and young children from low‐income urban communities. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 35:475–489, 2012