A PROSPECTIVE VALIDATION-STUDY OF INCLINATION, BELIEF, AND CONTEXT PREDICTORS OF FAMILY-FOCUSED PREVENTION INVOLVEMENT

Prior research by the authors tested a model of factors influencing pa rent inclination to participate in parenting interventions. Family con text, belief, attitude, and inclination to participate variables from this model were used to predict the actual participation of 1,121 fami lies in assessment and intervention activities of a family-focused pre ventive intervention research project. Invitations to the project asse ssment and intervention components were, respectively, about 6 months and 10 months following the initiation of a telephone survey collectin g predictor variable data. Logistic regression analyses examining each predictor individually showed that a number of family context, belief , attitude, and inclination variables were predictive of project parti cipation. Subsequently, multiple logistic regressions were conducted, entering variables by blocks corresponding to theoretical model compon ents. These analyses showed that prospectively stated inclination. to participate in a parenting intervention and Level of education were co nsistently significant predictors of both assessment participation and intervention enrollment. Implications for both research and practice are discussed.