Promoting Parental Positive Involvement and Skill Encouragement

Jewels of Clinical Change in a Parenting Program for Latine Immigrants Exposed to Adversity

Bibliographic Data

ID17190894
AuthorsJosé Rubén Parra-Cardona (0000-0003-0250-1012, College of Social Work The University of Tennessee Knoxville Tennessee USA), Ilana Shtivelman (0009-0007-9433-6312, College of Social Work The University of Tennessee Knoxville Tennessee USA), Jaime Fuentes Balderrama (0000-0002-8225-0294, School of Social Work The University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas USA), Jaime Fuentes‐Balderrama, Nancy G A Buenabad (0000-0002-9517-5158, National Institute of Psychiatry Ramon de La Fuente Mexico City Mexico), Nancy G Amador‐Buenabad (Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz), Lucia Vazquez Pérez (0009-0002-7074-3427, National Institute of Psychiatry Ramon de La Fuente Mexico City Mexico), Carmen Gallardo‐Hernandez (National Institute of Psychiatry Ramon de La Fuente Mexico City Mexico), Alejandra García Isaza (0000-0003-2427-9336, Department of Educational Psychology The University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas USA), Tatiana Londoño (0000-0002-8034-8503, Luskin School of Public Affairs University of California – Los Angeles Los Angeles California USA), Eva González‐Villanueva (University of California, Los Angeles), Eva Gonzalez Villanueva (0000-0003-3621-1099, Luskin School of Public Affairs University of California – Los Angeles Los Angeles California USA)
Year2026
Volume65
Issue1
Pagese70139-e70139
Publication date2026-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFamily Process (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0014-7370 • E-ISSN: 1545-5300
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/famp.70139
PMID41856013
OpenAlexW7138845169
LanguageEN
References cited23

Parent training (PT) interventions constitute a gold standard for preventing a variety of mental health symptomatology in children and youth. Yet, there is a need to understand the best ways to deliver specific core PT components to caregivers who have experienced adverse backgrounds as children and contextual stressors that impact their parenting practices. In this review paper for clinicians and prevention interventionists, we reflect on lessons learned in a 15-year program of parenting prevention research with low-income Latine immigrants in the United States who have experienced significant adversity. Specifically, we examine the relevance of two core PT components of GenerationPMTO, an evidence-based parenting intervention. The components, positive involvement and skill encouragement, have been documented in empirical research as key precursors of positive child and youth development. Thus, we describe in this paper a process of clinical change that integrates GenerationPMTO theory, cultural adaptation and advocacy principles, as well as key tenets of experiential and contextual family therapy theories. We document the use of this process of clinical change as implemented across three prevention initiatives with low-income Latine immigrant populations. Lastly, we address implications for family therapy practice. Specifically, we elaborate on alternatives for providers to implement evidence-based programs and potentially enhance their effectiveness through the integration of experiential and contextual family therapy strategies. By focusing on Latine immigrant families as a case study, we hope that this manuscript can support the efforts of family therapists engaged in the delivery of parenting interventions for underserved caregivers exposed to backgrounds of adversity

Adaptation (eye) · Experiential learning · Family therapy · Immigration · Mental health · Psychological intervention · Relevance (law) · Stressor · Variety (cybernetics) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics