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- Title
Differential Predictors of African American and Hispanic Parent Retention in a Family-Focused Preventive Intervention.
- Authors
Coatsworth, J Douglas; Duncan, Larissa G; Pantin, Hilda; Szapocznik, José
- Abstract
Similarities and differences in predictors of retention/attendance patterns between African American and Hispanic parent participants (N = 143) from a family-focused preventive intervention were examined. Three broad retention pattern groups, nonattenders, variable attenders, and consistent high attenders, and 2 subgroups of the variable attendance group, decreasing low attenders and decreasing high attenders, were identified. In subgroup analyses, 3 significant discriminant functions were evident: 1 function classified Hispanic parents' retention patterns using sociodemographic indicators (e.g., educational attainment, household income) and 2 functions discriminated Hispanic and African American parents' patterns using family-level predictors (e.g., multiple caregivers attending the intervention, perceived barriers to participation). Implications are discussed in terms of strategies for improving methods of retaining participants in family-centered interventions conducted with ethnic minority families.
- Publication
Family relations, 2006, Vol 55, Issue 2, p240
- ISSN
0197-6664
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1741-3729.2006.00373.x