The current study identified maternal parenting profiles and their associations with family correlates and children’s mental health outcomes in Trinidad and Tobago. The diverse sample included 1,172 mothers with a focal child between 3 and 6 years. Findings indicated four parenting profiles: high responsive-high punitive (6%), disengaged and rejecting-neglecting (5%), rule-oriented-low punitive (17%), and authoritative (72%). Mothers living in neighborhoods with greater physical disorders had an increased likelihood of being in disen-gaged and rejecting-neglecting and rule-oriented-low punitive parenting pro-files compared to an authoritative profile. Mothers who perceived their children’s future environments as unpredictable and/or were worried about their children’s future were more likely to have an authoritative profile compared to other profiles. Mothers with an authoritative profile reported that their children had the lowest total difficulties and the highest prosocial behaviors compared to other profiles. The findings are informative for the development of parenting programs in Trinidad and Tobago.

This mixed-methods study examined self-efficacy among 138 teachers, school counsellors and social workers in Belize who participated in a two-day training on trauma-informed and strength-based counselling approaches. Results indi-cated participation in the workshop series significantly contributed to improve-ments in participants’ self-efficacy, t(120) = −2.77, p = .006. Focus group interviews revealed that gains in self-efficacy were related to the sub-themes of counselling strategies and overcoming misconceptions. Participants also reported gains in self-care strategies like burnout recovery and mindfulness strategies. When considering their future training needs, participants noted a need for developing additional helping strategies, having access to more training and certification programmes for social workers and counsellors.

Although universal dispositional traits are well established, culture-specific personality variations are notable. The data on Caribbean personality factors are still emerging. This study adds to the literature by examining the effect of religious orientation on personality traits and delusional beliefs while controlling for gender, age, marijuana use and educational and employment status. Two hundred and thirty-three Jamaican Rastafarians and non-Rastafarians completed the Big Five Personality Inventory and Delusional Subscale of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III. No significant differences in delusional beliefs were observed based on religious orientation after controlling for marijuana use and employment and educa-tional status (F(1.85) = 2.859, p = .95, η² = 0. 033). Although levels of neuroticism varied by religious orientation after age and gender were con-trolled, no significant differences were observed in conscientiousness, agree-ableness or openness after controlling for age and gender. No significant differences in neuroticism were noted for religious orientation after control-ling for marijuana use and employment and educational background (F (1, 92) = 0.99, p = .754, η² = .001). The findings lend support to the trait personality perspective, highlighting the consistency of personality traits and beliefs across different religious orientations within the Jamaican context. Given the paucity of personality research in the Caribbean, this study is a notable contribution to the field.