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Examining Perceptions about Mental Health Care and Help-Seeking among Rural African American Families of Adolescents
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Murry, Velma McBride; Heflinger, Craig Anne; Suiter, Sarah V.; Brody, Gene H. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
Rural African American children living in poverty have a higher prevalence rate of mental health disorders than their urban counterparts. While access to mental health services is lacking in resource scarce rural communities, African American rural residents may also be the most likely to confront significant barriers to care and help-seeking.…
Descriptors: Health Services, African American Children, Mothers, Mental Health Programs
Prevention Effects Moderate the Association of 5-HTTLPR and Youth Risk Behavior Initiation: Gene x Environment Hypotheses Tested via a Randomized Prevention Design
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Brody, Gene H.; Beach, Steven R. H.; Philibert, Robert A.; Chen, Yi-Fu; Murry, Velma McBride – Child Development, 2009
A randomized prevention design was used to investigate a moderation effect in the association between a polymorphism in the "SCL6A4"("5HTT") gene at 5-HTTLPR and increases in youths' risk behavior initiation. Participation in the Strong African American Families (SAAF) program was hypothesized to attenuate the link between 5-HTTLPR status and risk…
Descriptors: Prevention, At Risk Persons, Adolescents, Genetics
Long-Term Effects of the Strong African American Families Program on Youths' Alcohol Use
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Brody, Gene H.; Chen, Yi-Fu; Kogan, Steven M.; Murry, Velma McBride; Brown, Anita C. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2010
Objective:This report extends earlier accounts by addressing the effects of the Strong African American Families (SAAF) program across 65 months. Two hypotheses were tested: (a) Rural African American youths randomly assigned to participate in SAAF would demonstrate lower rates of alcohol use than would control youths more than 5 years later, and…
Descriptors: Control Groups, African American Children, Pretests Posttests, Drinking
The Strong African American Families Program: A Cluster-Randomized Prevention Trial of Long-Term Effects and a Mediational Model
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Brody, Gene H.; Murry, Velma McBride; Kogan, Steven M.; Gerrard, Meg; Gibbons, Frederick X.; Molgaard, Virginia; Brown, Anita C.; Anderson, Tracy; Chen, Yi-fu; Luo, Zupei; Wills, Thomas Ashby – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
The Strong African American Families Program, a universal preventive intervention to deter alcohol use among rural African American adolescents, was evaluated in a cluster-randomized prevention trial. This 7-week family skills training program is based on a contextual model in which intervention effects on youth protective factors lead to changes…
Descriptors: African American Family, Family Programs, Program Evaluation, Prevention
Protective Longitudinal Paths Linking Child Competence to Behavioral Problems among African American Siblings
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Brody, Gene H.; Kim, Sooyeon; Murry, Velma McBride; Brown, Anita C. – Child Development, 2004
A 4-wave longitudinal design was used to examine protective links from child competence to behavioral problems in first- (M=10.97 years) and second- (M=8.27 years) born rural African American children. At 1-year intervals, teachers assessed child behavioral problems, mothers reported their psychological functioning, and both mothers and children…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, African American Children, Structural Equation Models, Siblings
Perceived Discrimination and the Adjustment of African American Youths: A Five-Year Longitudinal Analysis with Contextual Moderation Effects
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Brody, Gene H.; Chen, Yi-Fu; Murry, Velma McBride; Ge, Xiaojia; Simons, Ronald L.; Gibbons, Frederick X.; Gerrard, Meg; Cutrona, Carolyn E. – Child Development, 2006
Longitudinal links between perceived racial discrimination and later conduct problems and depressive symptoms were examined among 714 African American adolescents who were 10-12 years old at recruitment. Data were gathered 3 times over a 5-year period. Hypotheses were tested via latent curve modeling and multiple-group latent growth modeling.…
Descriptors: Racial Discrimination, African American Children, Longitudinal Studies, Behavior Problems