@article{ref1,
title="Unintended effects of an intervention supporting Mexican-heritage youth: decreased parent heavy drinking",
journal="Research on social work practice",
year="2015",
author="Williams, Lela Rankin and Marsiglia, Flavio Francisco and Baldwin, Adrienne and Ayers, Stephanie",
volume="25",
number="2",
pages="181-189",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of a parenting intervention, Familias: Preparando la Nueva Generación (FPNG), intended to support children, on parents heavy drinking. We hypothesized that parent participants of FPNG would reduce their heavy drinking at 1-year follow-up. <br><br>METHODS: Parents (N = 281) of middle school children from a large, low-income metropolitan area in the Southwest United States participated in a randomized control trial over 2 years. <br><br>RESULTS: A logistic regression analysis using the maximum likelihood test determined that at Wave 3, parents receiving FPNG reduced heavy drinking behaviors compared to parents in the youth-only condition (odds ratio =.86, p <.05). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Participating in the parenting program can effectively curb heavy drinking behaviors in parents-an important mechanism through which one may expect changes in youth risk behavior. The practice, policy, and research implications of these unintended findings are promising to the overall effectiveness of a parenting intervention for Mexican-heritage families.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1049-7315",
doi="10.1177/1049731514524030",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049731514524030"
}