Pathways to Prevention: Improving Nonresident African American Fathers' Parenting Skills and Behaviors to Reduce Sons' Aggression

Autor/inn/en	Caldwell, Cleopatra Howard; Antonakos, Cathy L.; Assari, Shervin; Kruger, Daniel; De Loney, E. Hill; Njai, Rashid
Titel	Pathways to Prevention: Improving Nonresident African American Fathers' Parenting Skills and Behaviors to Reduce Sons' Aggression
Quelle	In: Child Development, 85 (2014) 1, S.308-325 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.12127
Schlagwörter	Fathers; Sons; Males; Parenting Skills; Parenting Styles; Comparative Analysis; Intervention; Structural Equation Models; Violence; Aggression; Behavior Modification; Preadolescents; Children; African Americans; Parent Child Relationship; Satisfaction; Correlation; Program Effectiveness; Family Programs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Son; Sohn; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Gewalt; Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Child; Kind; Kinder; Afroamerikaner; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Zufriedenheit; Korrelation; Family program; Familienprogramm
Abstract	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. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10