TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards culturally relevant preventive interventions
T2 - The consideration of racial socialization in parent training with African American families
AU - Coard, Stephanie Irby
AU - Wallace, Scyatta A.
AU - Stevenson, Howard C.
AU - Brotman, Laurie M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by NIMH grant K01 MH-01881-01 awarded to the Stephanie Irby Coard while on faculty at the New York University School of Medicine. Data collection for this study was initiated while Stephanie Irby Coard and Scyatta A. Wallace were at the New York University School of Medicine and later completed at Duke University where Stephanie Irby Coard is currently affiliated. Special thanks to Drs Kenneth A. Dodge and Donna-Marie Winn for their helpful comments and suggestions on earlier drafts, Denita Thomas and Betty Irby for editorial assistance, and to the parents who graciously agreed to be interviewed and share their experiences. Examples of the interview questions used in this study are available from the first author.
PY - 2004/9
Y1 - 2004/9
N2 - We present a rationale for the inclusion of culture-based parenting practices (i.e., racial socialization) in the design and implementation of empirically based parenting programs with African American families. We begin with a discussion of the limitations of the current parent training literature related to cultural considerations. Second, we examine the cultural and racial contexts of parenting for African Americans, review the literature on racial socialization, and discuss empirical support for considering its inclusion in parent training programs. Third, we examine the extent to which racial socialization operates in low-income African American families by presenting the findings from a qualitative pilot. We conclude by discussing how findings from the qualitative pilot might inform intervention efforts.
AB - We present a rationale for the inclusion of culture-based parenting practices (i.e., racial socialization) in the design and implementation of empirically based parenting programs with African American families. We begin with a discussion of the limitations of the current parent training literature related to cultural considerations. Second, we examine the cultural and racial contexts of parenting for African Americans, review the literature on racial socialization, and discuss empirical support for considering its inclusion in parent training programs. Third, we examine the extent to which racial socialization operates in low-income African American families by presenting the findings from a qualitative pilot. We conclude by discussing how findings from the qualitative pilot might inform intervention efforts.
KW - African American families
KW - Cultural relevance
KW - Parent training
KW - Racial socialization
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U2 - 10.1023/B:JCFS.0000022035.07171.f8
DO - 10.1023/B:JCFS.0000022035.07171.f8
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:4043066567
SN - 1062-1024
VL - 13
SP - 277
EP - 293
JO - Journal of Child and Family Studies
JF - Journal of Child and Family Studies
IS - 3
ER -