title: Parenting in 2 Worlds: pilot results from a culturally adapted parenting program for urban American Indians.
abstract: This study reports the implementation and feasibility of a culturally adapted parenting curriculum, Parenting in 2 Worlds (P2W), which we designed specifically for urban American Indian families by means of community-based participatory research and then pilot tested in three Arizona cities. Data come from matched pre- and post-test surveys completed in 2012 by 75 American Indian parents of adolescents aged 10-17 who participated in the pilot version of P2W. P2W is a 10-workshop program administered twice a week for 5 weeks by trained American Indian community facilitators. Parents completed pre-test surveys during Workshop 1 and post-test surveys 5 weeks later during Workshop 10. Paired t tests assessed changes in parenting outcomes, cultural identity, and child anti-social behavior. Changes from pre- to post-test demonstrated statistically significant improvements in several parenting outcomes (discipline, involvement, self-agency, and supervision), a strengthened sense of ethnic and cultural identity and Native spirituality, and a decrease in the child's anti-social behavior. These results, which show significant preliminary improvements in parenting skills and family functioning, suggest the feasibility of implementing a culturally grounded parenting intervention for urban American Indian parents.
authors.affiliation: Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center, Arizona State University, 411 N. Central Ave, Suite 720, Phoenix, AZ, 85004, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kulis
authors.forename: Stephanie L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Ayers
authors.forename: Tahnee
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003479:Curriculum; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016487:Parenting / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population