Journal of Clinical Psychology
Volume 66, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 880-894

Group Parent training with immigrant Chinese families: Enhancing engagement and augmenting skills training (Article)

Lau A.S. , Fung J.J. , Yung V.
  • a University of California, Los Angeles, United States
  • b University of California, Los Angeles, United States
  • c [Affiliation not available]

Abstract

Parent training (PT) is an evidence-based treatment for reducing and preventing child conduct problems and abusive parenting. However, questions have been raised about the dissemination of PT to culturally diverse families who hold different views on childrearing. Group PT was applied in two Chinese immigrant families illustrating strategies for addressing potential cultural barriers. The Incredible Years program builds in therapeutic process elements to address cultural concerns to enhance engagement. In addition, augmenting basic PT with additional skills training can help parents manage stressors common in immigrant families to facilitate uptake of new parenting skills. This implementation experience suggested that high-risk immigrant Chinese parents can be effectively engaged in group PT, even when they are not in treatment voluntarily. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol: In Session.

Author Keywords

immigrant families Parent training Cultural adaptation Engagement

Index Keywords

role playing education Social Values social psychology psychological aspect methodology behavior therapy Family Therapy human Evidence-Based Practice Psychotherapy, Group Mother-Child Relations group therapy Cultural Competency cultural competence procedures evidence based practice Humans migrant psychology Adolescent Asian Americans male case report Acculturation Emigrants and Immigrants Asian American female cultural factor Article adult migration mother child relation Child

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DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20711
ISSN: 00219762
Cited by: 14
Original Language: English