Department of Psychosocial Science, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
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Parent Training Among Ethnic Minorities: Parenting Practices as Mediators of Change in Child Conduct Problems
Article first published online: 17 JAN 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2011.00683.x
© 2012 by the National Council on Family Relations
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Bjørknes, R., Kjøbli, J., Manger, T. and Jakobsen, R. (2012), Parent Training Among Ethnic Minorities: Parenting Practices as Mediators of Change in Child Conduct Problems. Family Relations, 61: 101–114. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2011.00683.x
Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Uni Health, Bergen, Norway.
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- Article first published online: 17 JAN 2012
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Keywords:
- child conduct problems;
- ethnic minority families;
- harsh discipline;
- mediation;
- parent training;
- positive parenting
In this study, we examined parenting practices as mediators of changes in child conduct problems in ethnic minority families participating in Parent Management Training—Oregon Model (PMTO). The participants included 96 Somali and Pakistani immigrant mothers and their children living in Norway. The families were randomized to PMTO or a waiting-list control group. Self-report assessments were made at baseline and after the intervention using standardized measures. A path model suggested that improvements in the child conduct problems were fully mediated by a reduction in harsh maternal discipline and an increase in positive parenting. When the mediation pathways were tested separately, both the reduction in harsh discipline and the increased positive parenting functioned as mediators of the reduction in child conduct problems. These findings emphasize the importance of including components that address the parent's use of both harsh and positive parenting practices when implementing parenting training among ethnic minority families.