Coatsworth J Douglas, Duncan Larissa G, Pantin Hilda, Szapocznik José
J. Douglas Coatsworth is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the Pennsylvania State University, 110 South Henderson Building, University Park, PA 16802 (
Fam Relat. 2006 Apr;55(2):240-251. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2006.00373.x.
Similarities and differences in predictors of retention/attendance patterns between African American and Hispanic parent participants (N = 143) from a family-focused preventive intervention were examined. Three broad retention pattern groups, nonattenders, variable attenders, and consistent high attenders, and 2 subgroups of the variable attendance group, decreasing low attenders and decreasing high attenders, were identified. In subgroup analyses, 3 significant discriminant functions were evident: 1 function classified Hispanic parents' retention patterns using sociodemographic indicators (e.g., educational attainment, household income) and 2 functions discriminated Hispanic and African American parents' patterns using family-level predictors (e.g., multiple caregivers attending the intervention, perceived barriers to participation). Implications are discussed in terms of strategies for improving methods of retaining participants in family-centered interventions conducted with ethnic minority families.
研究了来自一项以家庭为重点的预防干预措施的非裔美国人和西班牙裔家长参与者（N = 143）在留存/出勤模式预测因素方面的异同。确定了三个宽泛的留存模式组，即未出勤者、出勤情况不稳定者和始终高出勤者，以及出勤情况不稳定组的两个子组，即出勤逐渐减少的低出勤者和出勤逐渐减少的高出勤者。在亚组分析中，有3个显著的判别函数很明显：1个函数使用社会人口统计学指标（如教育程度、家庭收入）对西班牙裔家长的留存模式进行分类，2个函数使用家庭层面的预测因素（如多名照顾者参加干预、感知到的参与障碍）来区分西班牙裔和非裔美国家长的模式。从改进在少数民族家庭中开展的以家庭为中心的干预措施中留住参与者的方法的策略方面讨论了相关影响。
