This study examined whether five specific parenting practices (i.e., monitoring, discipline, skill encouragement, problem solving, and positive involvement) were associated with reduced child externalizing behaviors among a sample of Latino immigrant families. It utilized baseline data from 83 Latino couples with children participating in a larger randomized controlled trial of a culturally adapted parenting intervention. Results reveal that monitoring, discipline, skill encouragement, and problem solving each made independent contributions to the prediction of child externalizing behavior, although not all in the expected direction. Further analyses examining mothers and fathers separately suggest that mother-reported monitoring and father-reported discipline practices uniquely contributed to these findings. These results may have important implications for prevention and clinical intervention efforts with Latino immigrant families, including the cultural adaptation and implementation of parenting interventions with this underserved population.
Keywords: Child Externalizing Behavior; Latino Families; Latino Immigrants; Parenting; Parenting Practices; comportamiento de externalización de los niños; crianza; familias latinas; inmigrantes latinos; prácticas de crianza; 亲职; 亲职做法; 儿童外部化行为; 拉丁裔家庭; 拉丁裔移民.
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