“…For example, research suggests that within families, mothers and fathers may vary in their levels of differential treatment (McHale, Crouter, McGuire, & Updegraff, 1995). Despite these differences, to date, most studies have only examined maternal differential treatment (e.g., Coldwell et al, 2008; Pillemer et al, 2010), or maternal and paternal differential treatment in separate models (e.g., Feinberg & Hetherington, 2001; McHale et al, 2000). Of the few studies that have examined maternal and paternal treatment concurrently, some (Brody, Stoneman, & McCoy, 1992; Tamrouti-Makkink et al, 2004) have found that differential treatment from fathers accounted for more variance in adjustment outcomes of children than that from mothers.…”