The strong African American families program: prevention of youths' high-risk behavior and a test of a model of change

Gene H Brody; Velma McBride Murry; Meg Gerrard; Frederick X Gibbons; Lily McNair; Anita C Brown; Thomas A Wills; Virginia Molgaard; Richard L Spoth; Zupei Luo; Yi-Fu Chen

doi:10.1037/0893-3200.20.1.1

The strong African American families program: prevention of youths' high-risk behavior and a test of a model of change

J Fam Psychol. 2006 Mar;20(1):1-11. doi: 10.1037/0893-3200.20.1.1.

Authors

Gene H Brody¹, Velma McBride Murry, Meg Gerrard, Frederick X Gibbons, Lily McNair, Anita C Brown, Thomas A Wills, Virginia Molgaard, Richard L Spoth, Zupei Luo, Yi-Fu Chen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Child and Family Development, Center for Family Research, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-4527, USA. gbrody@uga.edu

PMID: 16569084
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.20.1.1

Abstract

In this study, the efficacy of the Strong African American Families Program (SAAF) was tested. The trial, which included 332 families, indicated that families who participated in SAAF experienced increases over time in regulated, communicative parenting; increases in targeted parenting behaviors, according to youths' reports; and low rates of high-risk behavior initiation among youths. Changes in regulated, communicative parenting mediated the intervention's impact on youths' recognition of changes in parenting, which in turn was linked to changes in youths' high-risk behavior.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Black or African American / statistics & numerical data*
Child
Demography
Female
Humans
Juvenile Delinquency / prevention & control*
Male
Program Development*
Psychological Theory*
Risk-Taking*
Rural Population / statistics & numerical data