Influence of relationship skills education on pathways of associations between paternal depressive symptoms and IPV and childhood behaviors.

Pace

et al. 2019

J Interpers Violence

Interparental conflict is a well-established precursor to child maladjustment. However, little is understood of the role of different interparental conflict in shaping the developmental outcomes of young children, especially those from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds. This study uses data from a large and racially diverse sample of low-income, unmarried mothers with young children (n = 1,297) to examine the processes linking parental constructive conflict, destructive conflict, intimate partner violence (IPV) to child behavior problems, and child emotional insecurity as a mediator of these processes. Path analyses were conducted to estimate structural paths between (a) conflict constructs and child behavior problems, (b) conflict constructs and child emotional insecurity, and (c) child emotional insecurity and child behavior problems. Results demonstrated that constructive conflict was associated with decreased levels of both child

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 81%

Section: Prior Studies Of Interparental Conflict Using the Bsf Data Setmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Associations of Constructive and Destructive Interparental Conflict to Child Well-Being Among Low-Income Families

Pace

et al. 2019

J Interpers Violence

“…Although this measure is similar to measures used in prior studies of paternal warmth (Baker, 2017; Coley et al, 2011; Harper & Fine, 2006), these items do not capture other important dimensions of parental warmth, such as intimate aspects of parental sensitivity, care, and support. The limitation of the parental warmth measure used in BSF is noted in prior research (Roopnarine & Dede Yildirim, 2017). The items show low internal reliability, which is expected given that the measure consists of only three items (Zaslow et al, 1998).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…One previous study of the Building Strong Families (BSF) intervention demonstrated that paternal warmth at 36-months did not mediate the influence of paternal depressive symptoms or interpersonal violence (IPV) on children’s behavioral problems (Roopnarine & Dede Yildirim, 2017). This study focused on interparental conflict, and the results suggested that high levels of paternal warmth do not attenuate the negative relationship of interparental conflict on child behavior problems.…”

Section: The Role Of Maternal Behaviorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The association of fathers' parental warmth and parenting stress to child behavior problems

Pace

Children and Youth Services Review

et al. 2018

This study examines whether fathers’ parental warmth and parenting stress were associated with behavior problems when children were approximately 36-months of age, beyond the influence of maternal behaviors. Study participants were 3,342 low-income fathers and mothers who participated in the Building Strong Families (BSF) study. Cross-sectional regression analyses indicated that for unmarried nonresidential families, fathers’ parental warmth and parenting stress were associated with child internalizing behavior problems; and fathers’ parenting stress only was marginally associated with child externalizing behavior problems. For consistently cohabiting residential fathers, only fathers’ parenting stress was marginally associated with child internalizing behavior problems. No associations of fathers’ parental warmth and parenting stress on either internalizing or externalizing behavior problems were observed in married families. Overall, study results suggest that fathers’ parental warmth and parenting stress may have a modest positive association on the development of child internalizing behavior problems particularly in vulnerable families (e.g., families in which fathers were nonresidential).

Journal of Black Psychology

“…The drawbacks of this method of collecting data are well-known and include method-variance issues and reporting bias (Podsakoff, MacKenzie, Lee, & Podsakoff, 2003). It would have also been helpful had we assessed and included the relationship quality between spouses/partners and support networks in our analyses as these family factors have been shown to influence paternal engagement with children and to mediate associations between parenting and childhood outcomes (Roopnarine & Dede Yildirim, 2018).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Maternal and Paternal Cognitive Engagement and Children’s Literacy Skills in 25 African Countries

Yildirim

Roopnarine

2019

Self Cite

There is increasing interest in promoting positive parenting to improve childhood development in low- and middle-income countries. Following propositions in parenting and cultural-ecological frameworks about the importance of early parent-child engagement in fostering children’s literacy skills, we used the UNICEF Multiple Indicator Surveys to assess the associations between maternal and paternal book reading, storytelling, and naming/counting and early literacy skills in 90,397 families and their preschool-aged children in 25 low- and middle-income African countries. Individual participant data meta-analysis indicated strong associations between maternal and paternal engagement in reading, storytelling, and naming/counting and children’s letter recognition, reading simple words, and recognizing symbols. Preschool enrollment and maternal education consistently moderated the associations between maternal and paternal engagement activities and children’s literacy skills. These findings are in agreement with those found in the high-income countries and have implications for the transferability of parenting practices from high-income to low- and middle-income countries in efforts to improve the early academic skills of young children.