title: Familias: Preparando la Nueva Generación: A Randomized Control Trial Testing the Effects on Positive Parenting Practices.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article reports the effects of a culturally grounded parenting intervention to strengthen positive parenting practices.
  
  
  METHODS
  The intervention was designed and tested with primarily Mexican origin parents in a large urban setting of the southwestern United States using an ecodevelopmental approach. Parents (N= 393) were randomly assigned three treatment conditions: (1) a parenting and youth intervention, (2) a youth only intervention, or (3) a control group. A measurement model for positive parenting was first evaluated using confirmatory factor analysis, followed by structural equation modeling to estimate the effects of the intervention on positive parenting (i.e., baseline to follow-up).
  
  
  RESULTS
  As hypothesized, parents in the intervention group reported higher rates of positive parenting compared to parents in youth-only condition.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results are promising and add to growing evidence that interventions tailored to the cultural characteristics and environments of parents and their children can strengthen positive parenting.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA ; Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: Flavio F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Marsiglia
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: Lela Rankin
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: Stephanie L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Ayers
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: Jaime M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Booth
keywords: Latinos; positive parenting; randomized control trial; substance use preventions