TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Unintended effects of an intervention supporting Mexican-heritage youth: decreased parent heavy drinking
JO  - Research on social work practice
A1  - Williams, Lela Rankin
A1  - Marsiglia, Flavio Francisco
A1  - Baldwin, Adrienne
A1  - Ayers, Stephanie
SP  - 181
EP  - 189
VL  - 25
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1049-7315
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049731514524030
ID  - ref1
ER  -