title: Father enrollment and participation in a parenting intervention: personal and contextual predictors.
abstract: Fathers are an important, though often underrepresented, population in family interventions. Notably, the inclusion of ethnic minority fathers is particularly scarce. An understanding of factors that promote and hinder father participation may suggest strategies by which to increase fathers' presence in studies designed to engage the family unit. The current research examined Mexican origin (MO) fathers' involvement in a family-focused intervention study. Participants included 495 fathers from eligible two-parent MO families with an adolescent child. Individual, familial, and culturally relevant predictors based on father, mother, and/or child report data were collected through pretest interviews and included in two separate logistic regression analyses that predicted the following: (1) father enrollment in the study and (2) father participation in the intervention. Results indicated that higher levels of maternal education and lower levels of economic stress and interparental conflict were associated with increased father enrollment in the study. Rates of father participation in the intervention were higher among families characterized by lower levels of interparental conflict, economic stress, and Spanish language use. Results highlight the relevancy of the familial and environmental context to MO fathers' research participation decisions. These findings as well as their implications for future research and practice are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
authors.forename: Jessie J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Danielle S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Roubinov
authors.forename: Nancy A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Gonzales
authors.forename: Larry E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Dumka
authors.forename: Roger E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Millsap
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D004505:Education, Nonprofessional / Q000379:methods*; D004522:Educational Status; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D054541:Family Conflict / Q000523:psychology; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005220:Fathers / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019303:Multilingualism; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology*; D010358:Patient Participation; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Fathers/Fatherhood; Intervention Study; Parent Participation; Parenting
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