TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Pathways to prevention: improving nonresident African American fathers' parenting skills and behaviors to reduce sons' aggression
JO  - Child development
A1  - Caldwell, Cleopatra Howard
A1  - Antonakos, Cathy L.
A1  - Assari, Shervin
A1  - Kruger, Daniel
A1  - De Loney, E. Hill
A1  - Njai, Rashid
SP  - 308
EP  - 325
VL  - 85
IS  - 1
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0009-3920
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12127
ID  - ref1
ER  -