African-American and Latino Parents' Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding Adolescent Fighting and Its Prevention.
African-American and Latino Parents' Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding Adolescent Fighting and Its Prevention.
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DOI：
10.1007/s10826-015-0355-8
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发表时间：
2016-06
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Shetgiri R
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作者：
Chen R;Flores G;Shetgiri R
青少年打架影响了25%的青少年，其中非洲裔美国人和拉丁美洲人的比例最高，但人们对父母对青少年打架的看法知之甚少。本研究的目的是探讨非洲裔美国人和拉丁裔父母对青少年打架的看法和防止打架的方法。我们与非裔美国人和拉丁裔城市青少年的父母进行了四个焦点小组。焦点小组按种族/民族和战斗状态分层。小组进行录音，转录，并分析了三个独立的编码器使用主题内容分析。17名参与者中有76%是女性。拉丁裔父母只把打架作为最后的手段，并教孩子打架的后果，情绪调节和非暴力解决冲突的策略。非裔美国家长支持教授非暴力策略，但对其有效性表示怀疑。非裔美国父母也建议体罚，但承认这可能不是最佳的长期策略。教师和其他成年人的积极榜样作用和参与被认为在预防工作中发挥了重要作用。建议的干预措施包括向青少年传授非暴力解决冲突的技能、愤怒管理和战斗的替代办法。家长们建议，预防暴力方案应吸收前战斗人员的经验，并根据社区的需要进行调整。研究结果表明，青少年暴力预防方案可能会受益于解决父母对战斗和亲子沟通的态度战斗，教青少年非暴力解决冲突的技能，并按种族/民族定制方案。促进教师和其他成年人的积极建模和参与也可能是有益的。
Adolescent fighting affects 25% of youth, with the highest rates among African-Americans and Latinos but little is known about parental views on youth fighting. The purpose of this study was to examine African-American and Latino parents’ perspectives on adolescent fighting and methods to prevent fighting. We conducted four focus groups with parents of African-American and Latino urban adolescents. Focus groups were stratified by race/ethnicity and fighting status. Groups were audiotaped, transcribed, and analyzed by three independent coders using thematic content analysis. Seventy-six percent of the 17 participants were female. Latino parents condoned fighting only as a last resort, and taught children about consequences of fighting, emotional regulation, and non-violent conflict-resolution strategies. African-American parents endorsed teaching non-violent strategies, but expressed some doubts about their effectiveness. African-American parents also suggested corporal punishment, but acknowledged that this may not be an optimal long-term strategy. Positive role modeling and involvement by teachers and other adults were cited as having important roles in fighting prevention. Suggested interventions included teaching adolescents non-violent conflict-resolution skills, anger management, and alternatives to fighting. Parents recommended that violence prevention programs incorporate the experiences of former fighters and be tailored to community needs. Study findings suggest that youth violence-prevention programs may benefit from addressing parental attitudes towards fighting and parent-child communication about fighting, teaching adolescents non-violent conflict-resolution skills, and tailoring programs by race/ethnicity. Promoting positive modeling and involvement by teachers and other adults also may be beneficial.