Howard Caldwell Cleopatra, Antonakos Cathy L, Assari Shervin, Kruger Daniel, De Loney E Hill, Njai Rashid
School of Public Health, University of Michigan.
Child Dev. 2014 Jan-Feb;85(1):308-25. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12127. Epub 2013 Jun 7.
This study describes a test of the Fathers and Sons Program for increasing intentions to avoid violence and reducing aggressive behaviors in 8- to 12-year-old African American boys by enhancing the parenting skills satisfaction and parenting behaviors of their nonresident fathers. The study included 158 intervention and 129 comparison group families. Structural equation model results indicated that the intervention was effective for improving fathers' parenting skills satisfaction, which was positively associated with sons' satisfaction with paternal engagement. Sons' paternal engagement satisfaction was positively associated with their intentions to avoid violence. Although aggressive behaviors were lower for comparison group sons, the intervention effectively reduced sons' aggressive behaviors indirectly by enhancing fathers' parenting behaviors. Support for family-centered youth violence prevention efforts is discussed.
本研究描述了一项针对“父子计划”的测试，该计划旨在通过提高非居住父亲的育儿技能满意度和育儿行为，来增强8至12岁非裔美国男孩避免暴力的意愿并减少攻击性行为。该研究包括158个干预组家庭和129个对照组家庭。结构方程模型结果表明，该干预措施在提高父亲的育儿技能满意度方面是有效的，而父亲的育儿技能满意度与儿子对父亲参与度的满意度呈正相关。儿子对父亲参与度的满意度与他们避免暴力的意愿呈正相关。虽然对照组儿子的攻击性行为较少，但该干预措施通过增强父亲的育儿行为，有效地间接减少了儿子的攻击性行为。文中还讨论了对以家庭为中心的青少年暴力预防工作的支持。
