Enhancing Parenting Practices with Latino/a Immigrants: Integrating Evidence-Based Knowledge and Culture According to the Voices of Latino/a Parents

Perceptions of Portuguese parents about the acceptability of a multicomponent intervention targeted at behavioral inhibition during early childhood

“…Consistent with prior research on traditional PCIT in LatinX populations (Matos et al., 2006; Niec et al., 2014), both mothers and fathers reported mixed attitudes toward PDI. On the one hand, our findings support previous empirical studies, showing that LatinX parents appreciated learning how to give good commands (Matos et al., 2006) or good directions to children (Parra‐Cardona et al., 2009, 2017). Several researchers have found that parents from LatinX cultures typically place a higher value on proper demeanor and respectfulness when compared with European American parents, so that child problematic behaviors may represent a social burden for them (see Harwood, Leyendecker, Carlson, Asencio, & Miller, 2002 for a review).…”

“…Nevertheless, main emphasis was given to the relevance of CDI, namely, special time and labeled praise. Previous studies on the acceptability of behavioral training (Calzada et al., 2013; Dumas et al., 2010; Parra‐Cardona et al., 2017) and traditional PCIT (Matos et al., 2006; McCabe et al., 2005; Niec et al., 2014) evidenced that LatinX parents expressed a preference for family intervention components that promote warmth and closeness in parent–child relationships. Family‐oriented norms valuing the interdependence between family members in Portugal (Wall & Gouveia, 2014) may have influenced the favorable attitudes of parents toward CDI.…”

“…Consistently with common concerns that arose in non‐LatinX samples, LatinX parents reported discomfort toward ignoring minor misbehaviors and time‐out (Calzada, Basil, & Fernandez, 2013; Matos et al., 2006; McCabe et al., 2005; Niec et al., 2014). Both mothers and fathers expressed a preference for therapist‐guided discussion with other parents and active skills training rather than for psychoeducational activities (Mejia et al., 2015; Niec et al., 2014; Parra‐Cardona et al., 2009, 2017) and recommended the inclusion of opportunities to watch videos of parent–child interactions (Matos et al., 2006; McCabe et al., 2005). Parents also expressed concerns toward in vivo coaching and homework (Niec et al., 2014).…”

“…With respect to child interventions, research has found that Mexican (Gallegos‐Guardado, Ruvalcaba‐Romero, Garza‐Tamez, & Villegas‐Guinea, 2013) and Portuguese (Pereira, Marques, Russo, & Barros, 2014) parents reported favorable views toward the FRIENDS for Life Group Program targeted at preventing anxiety problems in school‐aged children. Cognitive behavioral contents and activities were perceived as useful and enjoyable for children (Pereira et al., 2014), especially those related to emotional recognition and expression (Gallegos‐Guardado et al., 2013).…”

Healing through Parenting: An Intervention Delivery and Process of Change Model Developed with Low‐Income Latina/o Immigrant Families

“…An initial version of the model primarily focused on the culturally adapted core components of the GenerationPMTO intervention has been published in the literature (Parra-Cardona et al ., 2017b). The current model constitutes a significant expansion of the original model as we have adapted the interventions to more effectively respond to the various contextual and cultural challenges reported by participant Latina/o families.…”