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Direct linkMurry, Velma M.; Kotchick, Beth A.; Wallace, Scyatta; Ketchen, Bethany; Eddings, Kenya; Heller, Laurie; Collier, Ida – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2004
We present an overview of research on African American families and emphasize in this discussion limitations of approaches used in the past to study African American families. We also discuss and identify challenges for designing and implementing community, family-based programs targeting competence-promoting behaviors in African American…
Descriptors: Intervention, Family Programs, Race, Ethnicity
Coard, Stephanie I.; Wallace, Scyatta A.; Stevenson, Howard C.; Brotman, Laurie M. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2004
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…
Descriptors: African American Family, Socialization, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing
Armistead, Lisa P.; Clark, Heather; Barber, C. Nekol; Dorsey, Shannon; Hughley, Jennifer; Favors, Marcia; Wyckoff, Sarah C. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2004
We present a discussion of the literature addressing retention of ethnic minority samples in longitudinal studies. In addition, we describe the retention procedures implemented in the Parents Matter! Program (PMP), a community-based sexual risk reduction intervention for African American families. Finally, the results of PMP's retention strategies…
Descriptors: Risk, Sexuality, Longitudinal Studies, Change Strategies
