TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Building bridges through cultural adaptation: examining the initial impact of a culturally adapted parent training intervention for the Chilean context
JO  - Family Process
A1  - Parra-Cardona, Rubén
A1  - Fuentes-Balderrama, Jaime
A1  - Cantizano Rioseco, Luz
A1  - Monreal Arcil, Francisca Javiera
A1  - Correa Molina, María Luisa
A1  - Martic Guazzini, Daniela
A1  - Ford Narváez, Ana
A1  - Neira González, Alejandro
A1  - Sánchez Ahumada, Marcelo
A1  - Chacón Sandoval, Alexander
A1  - Marín Montecinos, José
A1  - Gaete, Jorge
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Child exposure to maltreatment and neglect constitutes a significant public health problem throughout Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. Although evidence-based parent training (PT) interventions constitute an empirically demonstrated alternative to prevent child maltreatment and neglect, multiple implementation barriers have prevented the large-scale dissemination of evidence-based PT interventions across LAC countries. This selective prevention study consisted of an exploratory quasi-experimental design implemented in Chile, aimed at examining the initial impact of a culturally adapted version of the evidence-based PT intervention known as GenerationPMTO©. The parenting intervention was adapted in a previous pilot study, according to a rigorous model of cultural adaptation. Based on self-reports completed by 281 caregivers, when compared to baseline measurements, significant improvements at intervention completion were observed in the majority of caregivers' parenting practices, as well as child internalizing and externalizing problematic behaviors. This study provides promising initial empirical evidence that efficacious PT interventions developed in the US can be transported to Latin American contexts, as long as they are thoroughly adapted to achieve high contextual and cultural relevance. The rates of child maltreatment across LAC countries constitute an urgent and permanent call for strongly promoting this line of prevention research.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0014-7370
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/famp.12855
ID  - ref1
ER  -