Published In

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-22-2022

Subjects

Social work with youth, Youth -- Mental health services, Young adults -- Mental health services

Abstract

For young children, positive parenting is predictive of their prosocial development and positive emotional well-being. Understanding the factors that promote or undermine positive parenting is of particular importance for families at risk of child welfare involvement. For Latinx families, conceptualizations of risk are better viewed through a cultural lens. This paper explores predictors of positive parenting among Latinx families (Mexican and Puerto Rican) who are vulnerable to child welfare involvement. Weighted data were drawn from Wave 1 of the National Survey on Child and Adolescent Well-being II—Restricted Release (NSCAW-II), a national sample that approximated a probability sample of child welfare involved families. After controlling for all other variables in the model, being married and using only non-violent parenting were related to higher positive parenting scores. Experiencing IPV within the last 12 months was related to significantly lower positive parenting scores. Results from the study highlight the need for a trauma-informed approach to culturally specific services for Latinx families who are vulnerable to the child welfare system. The connection between IPV experiences and the context of positive parenting is discussed.

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© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2022

DOI

10.1007/s10560-021-00813-5

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/37127

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