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An Intervention to Address Interpersonal Violence Among Low-Income Midwestern Hispanic-American Teens.
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Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health . Apr2012, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p292-299. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- This paper reports pilot testing of 'Familias En Nuestra Escuela', an in-school interpersonal violence prevention intervention targeting Hispanic-American teens. The intervention, based on the hypothesis that the preservation and reinforcement of Hispanic cultural values can serve as a protective factor against violence, focused on the enhancement of ethnic pride. Researchers formed a partnership with a midwestern Hispanic community to test the feasibility, receptivity and preliminary impact of the intervention in a pre/post test, no control group design. Participants were low-income, predominantly first-generation Hispanic-American freshmen and sophomore students from one Hispanic-serving high school. Findings revealed a statistically significant increase in the intervention's mediator, ethic pride. Changes in the desired direction occurred on measures of perceptions of self-efficacy for self-control, couple violence, and gender attitudes. The incidence of physical fighting and dating violence behaviors decreased over the course of an academic school year. Results provide preliminary evidence for the use of interventions based on ethnic and cultural pride as a violence prevention strategy among Hispanic-American teens, especially those who are first generation Americans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *DATING violence
*PREVENTION of school violence
*BEHAVIOR modification
*CONTROL (Psychology)
*ACCULTURATION
*ACTION research
*STATISTICAL correlation
*PSYCHOLOGY of Hispanic Americans
*INTERPERSONAL relations
*NEEDS assessment
*HEALTH outcome assessment
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*REGRESSION analysis
*RESEARCH funding
*SATISFACTION
*SCALES (Weighing instruments)
*SELF-evaluation
*STUDENTS
*STUDENT attitudes
*TEACHER-student relationships
*QUALITATIVE research
*PILOT projects
*CULTURAL values
*SOCIAL attitudes
*SOCIOECONOMIC factors
*TREATMENT effectiveness
*PRE-tests & post-tests
*PARENT attitudes
*HUMAN research subjects
*CROSS-sectional method
*PATIENT selection
*INTIMATE partner violence
*COLLEGE teacher attitudes
*DATA analysis software
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*ADOLESCENCE
*PREVENTION
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15571912
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 104529194
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-011-9474-5