Hooven Carole, Pike Kenneth, Walsh Elaine
Reconnecting Youth Prevention Research Program, Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington, Box 357263, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA,
J Prim Prev. 2013 Dec;34(6):423-38. doi: 10.1007/s10935-013-0322-3.
We examined data from 162 families who participated in the prevention program Parents and Youth with Schools, which targeted at-risk high school youth and parents, to understand parent retention in the 15-session Parents as Partners program. We obtained reports from youth, parents and parent interventionists, which included both time-invariant and time-varying data regarding demographic factors; parent, youth and family characteristics; and parents' response to intervention. Utilizing event history analysis, we examined data sequentially in order to determine those variables that predicted continued parent attendance. In the model examining all areas simultaneously, the predictors of parent retention across the full program were parent minority status and age, teen anger and parent-teen conflict over school attendance, as well as parents' reports of group support and interventionists' report of parents' commitment. Overall, the analyses indicated that participants' characteristics, as well as their measureable response to the intervention, can alert researchers to potential program disengagement. Monitoring indicators of disengagement will help researchers focus resources early in the intervention process in order to maximize parent attendance and increase the success of prevention programs.
我们研究了162个参与预防项目“家长与学校中的青少年”的家庭的数据，该项目针对有风险的高中青少年及其家长，旨在了解家长在为期15节的“家长成为伙伴”项目中的留存情况。我们获取了青少年、家长和家长干预专家的报告，其中包括关于人口统计学因素、家长、青少年和家庭特征以及家长对干预的反应的时不变和时变数据。利用事件史分析，我们按顺序检查数据，以确定那些预测家长持续参与的变量。在同时检查所有领域的模型中，整个项目中家长留存的预测因素是家长的少数族裔身份和年龄、青少年的愤怒情绪以及家长与青少年在上学出勤方面的冲突，还有家长对群体支持的报告以及干预专家对家长投入度的报告。总体而言，分析表明参与者的特征以及他们对干预的可衡量反应，可以提醒研究人员注意潜在的项目脱离情况。监测脱离指标将有助于研究人员在干预过程早期集中资源，以最大限度地提高家长参与度并增加预防项目的成功率。
