A Culturally Adapted Parenting Intervention for Mexican-Origin Immigrant Families with Adolescents: Integrating Science, Culture, and a Focus on Immigration-Related Adversity

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Prevention Science

Volume

23

Publisher

Springer New York LLC

Publication Date

10-31-2022

First Page

271

Last Page

282

Abstract

Low-income Latina/o immigrants are very likely to experience intense contextual challenges in the USA, such as limited exposure to culturally relevant parent training (PT) prevention interventions. This prevention study consisted of an exploratory randomized controlled trial, aimed at empirically testing the implementation feasibility and initial efcacy of a culturally adapted version of the evidence-based PT intervention known as GenerationPMTO©. The parenting intervention was adapted to overtly address immigration-related stressors, discrimination, and challenges associated with biculturalism. Seventy-one Mexican-origin immigrant mothers participated in this study and were allocated to one of two conditions: (a) culturally adapted GenerationPMTO (i.e., CAPAS-Youth) or (b) wait-list control. Measurements were completed at baseline (T1) and intervention completion (T2). When compared to mothers in the control condition at T2, CAPAS-Youth participants reported signifcant improvements on four of the core parenting practices delivered in the CAPAS-Youth intervention. As hypothesized, no signifcant diferences in limit-setting skills were identifed at T2. With regards to adolescents’ outcomes, mothers exposed to CAPAS-Youth reported signifcant improvements in youth internalizing and externalizing behaviors at T2 when compared to a wait-list control condition. Mothers in both conditions also reported signifcant reductions in levels of immigration-related stress. Current fndings indicate the feasibility of implementing CAPAS-Youth within a context of considerable adversity, as well as the benefcial impacts of the parent-based intervention on salient parenting and youth outcomes.

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