This study used growth mixture modeling to examine attendance trajectories among 292 Mexican–American primary female caregivers enrolled in a universal preventive intervention and the effects of health beliefs, participation intentions, cultural influences, and intervention group cohesion on trajectory group membership as well as trajectory group differences on a distal outcome, immediate posttest teacher report of child externalizing (T2). Results supported four trajectory groups—early terminators (ET), mid-program terminators (MPT), low-risk persistent attenders (LRPA), and high-risk persistent attenders (HRPA). Compared with LRPAs, caregivers classified as HRPAs had weaker familism values, less parenting efficacy, and higher externalizing children with lower GPAs. Caregivers in the two persistent attender groups reported strong group cohesion and providers rated these caregivers as having strong participation intentions. Children of caregivers in the LRPA group had the lowest T2 child externalizing. Children of caregivers in the MPT group had lower T2 externalizing than did those of the ET group, suggesting partial intervention dosage can benefit families. Despite high levels of attendance, children of caregivers in the HRPA had the highest T2 externalizing, suggesting this high-risk group needed either more intensive services or a longer period for parents to implement program skills to evidence change in child externalizing.
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- Participation Patterns Among Mexican-American Parents Enrolled in a Universal Intervention and Their Association with Child Externalizing Outcomes
- Mauricio, Anne (Author)
- Tein, Jenn-Yun (Author)
- Gonzales, Nancy (Author)
- Millsap, Roger (Author)
- Dumka, Larry (Author)
- Berkel, Cady (Author)
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Contributor)
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Digital object identifier: 10.1007/s10464-014-9680-0
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Identifier TypeInternational standard serial numberIdentifier Value0091-0562
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Identifier TypeInternational standard serial numberIdentifier Value1573-2770
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This is the authors' final accepted manuscript. The final publication is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10464-014-9680-0
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Mauricio, Anne M., Tein, Jenn-Yun, Gonzales, Nancy A., Millsap, Roger E., Dumka, Larry E., & Berkel, Cady (2014). Participation Patterns Among Mexican-American Parents Enrolled in a Universal Intervention and Their Association with Child Externalizing Outcomes. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY, 54(3), 370-383. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10464-014-9680-0