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Coping and Parenting: Mediators of 12-Month Outcomes of a Family Group Cognitive-Behavioral Preventive Intervention with Families of Depressed Parents
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Compas, Bruce E.; Champion, Jennifer E.; Forehand, Rex; Cole, David A.; Reeslund, Kristen L.; Fear, Jessica; Hardcastle, Emily J.; Keller, Gary; Rakow, Aaron; Garai, Emily; Merchant, Mary Jane; Roberts, Lorinda – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2010
Objective: In a randomized clinical trial with 111 families of parents with a history of major depressive disorder (86% mothers, 14% fathers; 86% Caucasian, 5% African-American, 3% Hispanic, 1% American Indian or Alaska Native, 4% mixed ethnicity), changes in adolescents' (mean age = 11 years; 42% female, 58% male) coping and parents' parenting…
Descriptors: Intervention, Parent Child Relationship, Mental Health, Child Rearing
Delinquency during the Transition to Early Adulthood: Family and Parenting Predictors from Early Adolescence.
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Klein, Karla; Forehand, Rex; Armistead, Lisa; Long, Patricia – Adolescence, 1997
Examines the prediction of delinquency in early adulthood. Results indicate relationships between aspects of parenting and severe delinquency and arrests/convictions, but not minor delinquency. The interaction of low levels of maternal communication/problem-solving skills and negative family variables was associated with higher rates of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Family Environment, Family Problems
Unique and Protective Contributions of Parenting and Classroom Processes to the Adjustment of African American Children Living in Single-Parent Families.
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Brody, Gene H.; Dorsey, Shannon; Forehand, Rex; Armistead, Lisa – Child Development, 2002
Examined contributions parenting and classroom processes make to 7- to 15-year-olds' self-regulation and adjustment among single-parent Black families. Found that parenting and classroom processes contributed uniquely to children's adjustment through the development of self-regulation, and that each process could serve a protective or stabilizing…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Blacks, Children
Why Parents Matter!: The Conceptual Basis for a Community-Based HIV Prevention Program for the Parents of African American Youth
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Dittus, Patricia; Miller, Kim S.; Kotchick, Beth A.; Forehand, Rex – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2004
The Parents Matter! Program (PMP) is a community-based family intervention designed to promote positive parenting and effective parent-child communication about sexuality and sexual risk reduction. Its ultimate goal is to reduce sexual risk behavior among adolescents. PMP offers parents instruction and guidance in general parenting skills related…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Prevention, Child Rearing, Pregnancy
Parenting the Strong-Willed Child: The Clinically Proven Five-Week Program for Parents of Two- to Six-Year-Olds.
Forehand, Rex; Long, Nicholas – 1996
Parenting is one the most difficult tasks that adults face, and parenting strong-willed children can be even more difficult and frustrating. Parents of strong-willed children are often frustrated by their children's behavior as well as the lack of support and resources to help them deal with their children. This book describes a self-guided…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Change Strategies, Child Behavior