Pantin Hilda, Coatsworth J Douglas, Feaster Daniel J, Newman Frederick L, Briones Ervin, Prado Guillermo, Schwartz Seth J, Szapocznik José
Center for Family Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136, USA.
Prev Sci. 2003 Sep;4(3):189-201. doi: 10.1023/a:1024601906942.
This paper reports a test of the efficacy of Familias Unidas, a Hispanic-specific, ecologically focused, parent-centered preventive intervention, in promoting protection against and reducing risk for adolescent behavior problems. Specifically, the intervention was designed to foster parental investment, reduce adolescent behavior problems, and promote adolescent school bonding/academic achievement, all protective factors against drug abuse and delinquency. One-hundred sixty seven Hispanic families of 6th and 7th grade students from three South Florida public schools were stratified by grade within school and randomly assigned to intervention and no-intervention control conditions. Results indicated that Familias Unidas was efficacious in increasing parental investment and decreasing adolescent behavior problems, but that it did not significantly impact adolescent school bonding/academic achievement. Summer-vacation rates of adolescent behavior problems were six times higher in the control condition than in the intervention condition. Furthermore, change in parental investment during the intervention was predictive of subsequent levels of adolescent behavior problems. The findings suggest that Familias Unidas is efficacious in promoting protection and reducing risk for adolescent problem behaviors in poor immigrant Hispanic families.
本文报告了一项关于“联合家庭”（Familias Unidas）干预措施效果的测试。“联合家庭”是一项专门针对西班牙裔群体、以生态为导向、以父母为中心的预防性干预措施，旨在促进对青少年行为问题的预防并降低其风险。具体而言，该干预措施旨在促进父母投入、减少青少年行为问题，并促进青少年与学校的联系/学业成就，这些都是预防药物滥用和犯罪的保护因素。来自南佛罗里达州三所公立学校的167个六年级和七年级学生的西班牙裔家庭，按学校内的年级进行分层，并随机分配到干预组和无干预对照组。结果表明，“联合家庭”干预措施在增加父母投入和减少青少年行为问题方面是有效的，但对青少年与学校的联系/学业成就没有显著影响。对照组中青少年行为问题的暑假发生率比干预组高六倍。此外，干预期间父母投入的变化可预测随后青少年行为问题的程度。研究结果表明，“联合家庭”干预措施在促进贫困移民西班牙裔家庭中青少年问题行为的预防和降低风险方面是有效的。
