Beach Steven R H, Barton Allen W, Lei Man Kit, Mandara Jelani, Wells Ashley C, Kogan Steven M, Brody Gene H
Center for Family Research, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
Prev Sci. 2016 Jul;17(5):572-83. doi: 10.1007/s11121-016-0651-6.
African American couples (N = 139; 67.7 % married; with children between the ages of 9 and 14) were randomly assigned to (a) a culturally sensitive, couple- and parenting-focused program designed to prevent stress-spillover (n = 70) or (b) an information-only control condition in which couples received self-help materials (n = 69). Eight months after baseline, youth whose parents participated in the program, compared with control youth, reported increased parental monitoring, positive racial socialization, and positive self-concept, as well as decreased conduct problems and self-reported substance use. Changes in youth-reported parenting behavior partially mediated the effect of the intervention on conduct problems and fully mediated its impact on positive self-concept, but did not mediate effects on lifetime substance use initiation. Results suggest the potential for a culturally sensitive family-based intervention targeting adults' couple and parenting processes to enhance multiple parenting behaviors as well as decrease youths' substance use onset and vulnerability.
非裔美国夫妇（N = 139；67.7%已婚；育有9至14岁的子女）被随机分配到：（a）一个注重文化敏感性、以夫妻关系和育儿为重点的项目，旨在防止压力外溢（n = 70）；或（b）一个仅提供信息的对照条件，即夫妻收到自助材料（n = 69）。在基线期八个月后，与对照组青少年相比，父母参与该项目的青少年报告称，父母的监督增加、积极的种族社会化和积极的自我概念增加，同时行为问题和自我报告的物质使用减少。青少年报告的养育行为变化部分介导了干预对行为问题的影响，并完全介导了其对积极自我概念的影响，但未介导对终身物质使用开始的影响。结果表明，针对成年人夫妻关系和育儿过程的基于文化敏感性的家庭干预有可能增强多种养育行为，同时减少青少年物质使用的开始和易感性。
