Observed and reported coparenting and toddlers' adaptive functioning

Nandy, Angana; Nixon, Elizabeth; Quigley, Jean

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“…A growing body of research has revealed direct associations between coparenting relationship quality and child outcomes ( Teubert and Pinquart, 2010 ). In particular, when parents do not support each others’ parenting strategies, child adjustment suffers ( Nandy et al, 2021 ). In contrast, when coparenting support is high, children exhibit fewer internalizing and externalizing difficulties ( Farr et al, 2019 ).…”

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Resident and Non-resident Father Involvement, Coparenting, and the Development of Children’s Self-Regulation Among Families Facing Economic Hardship

Altenburger

2022

Front. Psychol.

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Self-regulation, or the ability to effectively manage emotions and behavior, is a critical skill to develop in early childhood. Children living in a context of economic hardship are at an increased risk for developing self-regulation difficulties. However, few studies have comprehensively examined how multiple aspects of the caregiving environment, including fathers’ parenting and coparenting quality, may contribute to child self-regulation. Thus, this study applied a family systems perspective to examine whether coparenting and resident and non-resident fathers’ reports of parenting quantity and quality were associated with observations of children’s self-regulation. Participants were drawn from the Embedded Developmental Study (n = 257) of the Three-City Study, a longitudinal study of children and families facing economic hardship. At Wave 1, when children were 2–4 years old, reports of parenting (i.e., quantity and quality) and coparenting (i.e., support) were obtained. At Wave 2, when children were 3–6 years old, children participated in a snack delay and gift wrap task, which assessed their self-regulation. Multi-group path analyses indicated that resident fathers’ harsh parenting at Wave 1 predicted decreased levels of self-regulation at Wave 2. Non-resident fathers’ reported hours of involvement at Wave 1 predicted greater levels of self-regulation at Wave 2. Additionally, supportive coparenting among families with a non-resident father predicted greater self-regulation. Supportive coparenting was not associated with child self-regulation in families with a resident father. The implications for research focused on facilitating positive father–child relationships in diverse family contexts are discussed.

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Resident and Non-resident Father Involvement, Coparenting, and the Development of Children’s Self-Regulation Among Families Facing Economic Hardship

Altenburger

2022

Front. Psychol.

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“…Increased positive coparenting has also been moderately linked to increased academic achievement in school ( Dopkins Stright and Neitzel, 2003 ; Cabrera et al, 2012 ), faster language development, and increased social functioning ( Cheng et al, 2009 ). Negative coparenting has been linked with behavior problems ( LeRoy et al, 2013 ), reduced communication and social skills ( Nandy et al, 2021 ), poor child adjustment and later psychopathology ( Umemura et al, 2015 ).…”

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The relationship between parental mental health, reflective functioning coparenting and social emotional development in 0-3 year old children

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IntroductionThe transition to parenthood is a high-risk period for many parents and is an important period for child development. Research has identified that parental mental health, reflective functioning (capacity to consider mental states of oneself and others) and coparenting (capacity to work together well as a parenting team) may be particularly significant predictors of later child outcomes, however these factors have seldom been considered together. The present study therefore aimed to investigate the relationship between these factors and the extent to which they predict child social emotional development.MethodsThree hundred and fifty parents of infants aged 0 to 3 years 11 months were recruited to complete an online Qualtrics questionnaire.ResultsResults indicate that both positive coparenting and parental reflective functioning (Pre-mentalizing and Certainty subscales) were found to significantly predict child development. General reflective functioning (Uncertainty subscale) predicted parental depression and anxiety, however unexpectedly, parental mental health was not a significant predictor of child development, but did predict coparenting. General reflective functioning (Certainty subscale) was also found to predict coparenting, which in turn was found to predict parental reflective functioning. We found an indirect effect of general reflective functioning (Certainty) on child SE development via parental reflective functioning (Pre-mentalizing). We also found an indirect effect of negative coparenting on child development via parental reflective functioning (Pre-mentalizing).DiscussionThe current results support a growing body of research highlighting the important role reflective functioning plays in child development and wellbeing as well as parental mental health and the interparental relationship.

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Fathers’ and Mothers’ Sexism Predict Less Responsive Parenting Behavior During Family Interactions

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Social Psychological and Personality Science

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Men’s hostile sexism predicts harmful behavior toward women. Yet, most investigations have relied on self-report assessments, and overlooked a critical, consequential behavioral outcome: responsive parenting. The current studies provide the first behavioral evidence of the associations between hostile sexism and parenting. Fathers higher in hostile sexism reported lower authoritative (warm, involved) and higher authoritarian (directive, controlling) parenting attitudes (Study 1). Observing mixed-gender couples and their 5-year-old child engaging in family interactions ( k = 627), fathers and (unexpectedly) mothers higher in hostile sexism exhibited less responsive parenting irrespective of child gender (Studies 1 and 2). Fathers’ higher hostile sexism also was associated with less responsive behavior toward mothers during family interactions (Studies 1 and 2), but the associations with parenting were independent of couple-level behavior. These studies emphasize the importance of behavioral assessments and advance understanding of the harm both men’s and women’s hostile sexism may have for parents and children.

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Observed and reported coparenting and toddlers' adaptive functioning

Cited by 3 publications

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Resident and Non-resident Father Involvement, Coparenting, and the Development of Children’s Self-Regulation Among Families Facing Economic Hardship

Resident and Non-resident Father Involvement, Coparenting, and the Development of Children’s Self-Regulation Among Families Facing Economic Hardship

The relationship between parental mental health, reflective functioning coparenting and social emotional development in 0-3 year old children

Fathers’ and Mothers’ Sexism Predict Less Responsive Parenting Behavior During Family Interactions

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