title: The Chicago Parent Program: comparing 1-year outcomes for African American and Latino parents of young children.
abstract: Data were merged from two prevention randomized trials testing 1-year outcomes of a parenting skills program, the Chicago Parent Program (CPP) and comparing its effects for African-American (n = 291) versus Latino (n = 213) parents and their preschool children. Compared to controls, intervention parents had improved self-efficacy, used less corporal punishment and more consistent discipline, and demonstrated more positive parenting. Intervention children had greater reductions in behavior problems based on parent-report, teacher-report, and observation. Although improvements from the CPP were evident for parents in both racial/ethnic groups, Latino parents reported greater improvements in their children's behavior and in parenting self-efficacy but exhibited greater decreases in praise. Findings support the efficacy of the CPP for African American and Latino parents and young children from low-income urban communities.
authors.affiliation: Rush University, College of Nursing, Armour Academic Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Breitenstein
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fogg
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ridge
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Garvey
authors.forename: Wrenetha
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Julion
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tucker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D002641:Chicago; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004493:Education; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D011678:Punishment / Q000523:psychology; D020377:Self Efficacy