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Parentsā Promotion of Psychological Autonomy, Psychological Control, and MexicanāAmerican Adolescentsā Adjustment
MexicanāAmerican adolescents are at an elevated risk for adjustment difficulties. In an effort to identify parenting practices that can affect the adjustment of MexicanāAmerican youth, the current study examined parentsā promotion of psychological autonomy and parentsā psychological control as perceived by MexicanāAmerican early adolescents, and explored their associations with adolescentsā adjustment in the context of acculturation. In 5th grade, 134 (54.5% female) MexicanāAmerican adolescents reported on their acculturation level and the parenting practices of their mothers and fathers. In 5th and 7th grade, adolescents also reported on their depressive symptoms, number of delinquent friends, and self-worth. Perceptions of promotion of psychological autonomy and of psychological control were positively correlated. However, perceptions of more promotion of psychological autonomy and of less psychological control predicted fewer depressive symptoms 2Ā years later. Perceptions of more promotion of psychological autonomy also predicted fewer delinquent friends two years later. Finally, perceptions of more promotion of psychological autonomy predicted higher self-worth only among less acculturated adolescents. The study underscores the roles that promotion of psychological autonomy and psychological control may play in MexicanāAmerican childrenās well-being during early adolescence
Etiological Influences on Perceptions of Parenting: A Longitudinal, Multi-Informant Twin Study
Introduction to the Special Section on Families, Youth, and HIV: Family-Based Intervention Studies
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Adapting and disseminating a community-collaborative, evidence-based HIV/AIDS prevention programme: lessons from the history of CHAMP
In recent years, calls for the scaling-up, or more broad dissemination of evidence-based HIV prevention programmes, have increased. This paper responds to the call for increasing applicable knowledge about programme dissemination by reviewing the history of a major evidence-based human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention and mental health promotion programme that has been adapted successfully and pilot-tested across four settings, including two major cities, as well as in the United States an South Africa to date. This programme entitled, CHAMP is distinctive primarily for its emphasis on community collaboration and power-sharing, and also its incorporation of individual, family and community-level interventions, The history of programme development, including theoretical foundations and results across sites, is discussed with a particular emphasis on the implications of CHAMP's dissemination thus far.
Adapting and disseminating a community-collaborative, evidence-based HIV/AIDS prevention programme: Lessons from the history of CHAMP
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