Citation

Holtrop K, McNeil Smith S, Scott JC. Fam. Process 2014; 54(2): 359-375.

Affiliation

Family and Child Sciences, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Family Process Institute, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/famp.12105

PMID

25287585

Abstract

This study examined whether five specific parenting practices (i.e., monitoring, discipline, skill encouragement, problem solving, and positive involvement) were associated with reduced child externalizing behaviors among a sample of Latino immigrant families. It utilized baseline data from 83 Latino couples with children participating in a larger randomized controlled trial of a culturally adapted parenting intervention.

RESULTS reveal that monitoring, discipline, skill encouragement, and problem solving each made independent contributions to the prediction of child externalizing behavior, although not all in the expected direction. Further analyses examining mothers and fathers separately suggest that mother-reported monitoring and father-reported discipline practices uniquely contributed to these findings. These results may have important implications for prevention and clinical intervention efforts with Latino immigrant families, including the cultural adaptation and implementation of parenting interventions with this underserved population.

Language: en