Coparenting Conflict and Parenting Behavior in Economically Disadvantaged Single Parent African American Families: The Role of Maternal Psychological Distress |
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| Authors: | Shannon Dorsey Rex Forehand Gene Brody |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Universty of Washington School of Medicine, 146 N. Canal Street, Suite 100, Seattle, WA 98103, USA;(2) Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA;(3) Child and Family Development, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA |
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Substantial research has focused on the negative associations between coparenting conflict, parental psychological functioning, and parenting behavior in European American, middle-income, families. However, less attention has been given to ethnic minority families and to families that are nontraditionally structured. In an effort to address this gap, the current longitudinal study examines the relation between conflict with the mother-identified primary co-caregiver and parenting practices in single parent, economically disadvantaged African American families. Participants included 234 mother–child dyads. It was hypothesized that conflict would relate to less utilization of positive parenting practices and that this association would be mediated, at least in part, by maternal psychological distress. Hypotheses were examined using structural equation modeling (Lisrel 8.3): Conflict with a co-caregiver was significantly related to parenting both directly and indirectly through maternal psychological distress. Implications of the findings are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Coparenting conflict African American Parenting Psychological distress Maternal functioning |
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