James P Mchale
Biographic Data
| ID | 4608995 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James P Mchale |
| GIVEN NAMES | James P |
| FAMILY NAME | Mchale |
| SIGNATURE | MCHALE J P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Florida St. Petersburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8006-3826 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 162 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Enhancing coparenting using video feedback
Emotion regulation among African American infants and their coparents in the context of triangular interactions at 12 months post‐partum
Emotion regulation (ER) during infancy is largely interpersonal, with dyadic studies of mutual regulation revealing how interactions are co‐constructed moment by moment. However infant ER in triadic (father‐mother‐infant) context, the most common context for infant‐father engagement during the first year, has rarely been considered. This report presents a new observational system, measuring infant triangular emotion regulation (MITER), for assess…
The Use of Child-Centered Ecomaps to Describe Engagement, Teamwork, Conflict and Child Focus in Coparenting Networks
When young children come to the attention of helping professionals because they are experiencing significant behavioral or emotional challenges, effective solutions frequently involve establishing whether there are strains or ruptures in the child’s coparenting network impeding functional communication about the child. Coparenting refers to the shared—and ideally, mutual—parenting efforts of adults working together to socialize, care for, and rai…
Randomized controlled trial of a prenatal focused coparenting consultation for unmarried black fathers and mothers
In the infant mental health field, scant conceptual attention has been given to coparenting and family adaptations of non‐white family systems, with no evidence‐based, community‐informed coparenting interventions responsive to unmarried Black mothers’ and fathers’ life circumstances. This study examined 1‐year post‐partum child and family outcomes of a novel, modest dosage (six sessions) prenatal focused coparenting consultation (FCC) using rando…
Framing the work
When working with families of infants and toddlers, intentionally looking beyond dyadic child‐parent relationship functioning to conceptualize the child's socioemotional adaptation within their broader family collective can enhance the likelihood that clinical gains will be supported and sustained. However, there has been little expert guidance regarding how best to frame infant‐family mental health therapeutic encounters for the adults responsib…
Starting the Conversation
The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify recurring themes about impending coparenthood common among prenatal dyadic conversations shared between unmarried parents. Forty Black mothers and fathers expecting a first baby together met with a male-female mentor team for facilitated dialogues six times during the pregnancy, with sessions audiotaped and transcribed. Guided by basic elements of grounded theory, coders identified five cross-…
Perspectives of Mothers, Fathers, and Parenting Coordinators Concerning the Process and Impact of Parenting Coordination
In a small pilot study, 31 interviewees, including 12 parenting coordinators, 11 mothers, and 8 fathers representing 14 different parenting coordination cases retrospectively described child and family functioning both pre‐ and post‐parenting coordination in phone interviews. They also detailed how often and how well different issues that arose during the parenting coordination work (acrimony, problem‐solving communication, triangulation of the c…
Building and Enhancing Efficacious Coparenting in Parenting Coordination
Parenting coordination is a dispute resolution process to assist the subset of separating/divorcing parents who remain entrenched in high conflict coparenting post‐separation/divorce. Based on factors known to impact positive child outcomes, its goals include assisting parents to protect children from their conflict and implementing a framework that will assist the child to have a good relationship with both parents. Despite significant efforts, …
How the Assumption of a Coparenting Frame Will Transform Social Work Practice with Men and Fathers
Journal Article How the Assumption of a Coparenting Frame Will Transform Social Work Practice with Men and Fathers Get access James P McHale, James P McHale Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Lisa S Negrini Lisa S Negrini Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Work Research, Volume 42, Issue 1, March 2018, Pages 9–21, https://doi.org/10.1093/swr/svx024 Published: 29 De…
Observed Coparenting and Triadic Dynamics in African American Fragile Families at 3 Months’ Postpartum
This report examines coparenting and triadic interactions in 19 unmarried, first‐time African American families as fathers, mothers, and 3‐month‐old infants navigated the Lausanne Trilogue Play (LTP; E. Fivaz‐Depeursinge & A. Corboz‐Warnery, ). Parents in 10 of the 19 families reported coresidence at the time of the 3‐month assessment, and the other 9 sets of coparents lived apart. All participating families had taken part in a prenatal intervent…
Coparenting
Excerpt:\n\n“...The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of the myriad of family forms in which coparenting systems develop and flourish, and the importance of these systems in the lives of children...” (p.16)
Sharing the Love
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study to consider whether attachment security in mothers and fathers promotes more successful early coparenting adjustment, to assess the role of marital quality in amplifying or diminishing any such effects, and to examine interactive effects of maternal and paternal attachment status on coparenting. DESIGN: Eighty-five couples transitioning to new parenthood completed Main and Goldwyn's Adult Attachment Interview …
Violated wishes about division of childcare labor predict early coparenting process during stressful and nonstressful family evaluations
Prior research has indicated that expectant parents overestimate the extent to which fathers will take part in the “work” of parenting, with mothers often becoming disenchanted when these expectations are violated following the baby's arrival. In this study, we examine the role of violated wishes concerning childcare involvement in accounting for variability in maternal and paternal marital satisfaction, and in early coparenting behavior as asses…
A Qualitative Analysis of Vietnamese Adolescent Identity Exploration Within and Outside an Ethnic Enclave
When infants grow up in multiperson relationship systems
Despite prompts from the field of family therapy since its inception, contemporary infant mental health theory and practice remain firmly rooted in and guided by dyadic‐based models. Over the past 10 years, a groundswell of new empirical studies of triadic and family group dynamics during infancy have substantiated that which family theory has contended for decades: looking beyond mother‐infant or father‐infant dyads reveals a myriad of criticall…
Patterns of Personal and Social Adjustment among Sport-Involved and Noninvolved Urban Middle-School Children
This article examines patterns of adjustment among urban middle-school children as a function of involvement in organized team sports. Four hundred twenty-three seventh-grade students (216 boys and 207 girls) reported on their involvement in sport, self-esteem, delinquent activity, and drug use during the year preceding the survey. Physical Education teachers rated social competence, shyness/withdrawal, and disinhibition/aggression. Compared with…
Growing Points for Coparenting Theory and Research
Overt and Covert Coparenting Processes in the Family
This article introduces a new self‐report instrument designed to measure the frequency of parental behaviors thought to promote or undermine children's sense of family. Members of 103 married couples rated their behavior in both public (all family members present) and private (alone with child) contexts. Factor analyses of these data revealed four distinct factors indexing: behaviors in the service of promoting a sense of Family Integrity ; large…
Coparenting in a family context
A look at how far the study of the whole family has advanced and how far it yet has to go
Coparenting and triadic interactions during infancy
The interaction patterns of 47 intact couples at play with infant sons and daughters were examined. Play in the triad was characterized along dimensions of hostility-competitiveness, family harmony, and parenting discrepancy, and correlates of these 3 patterns were investigated. Though family patterns were generally not related to self-reported distress, they were associated with observed marital distress, with marital-family links differing as a…
Coparenting and triadic interactions during infancy
The interaction patterns of 47 intact couples at play with infant sons and daughters were examined. Play in the triad was characterized along dimensions of hostility-competitiveness, family harmony, and parenting discrepancy, and correlates of these 3 patterns were investigated. Though family patterns were generally not related to self-reported distress, they were associated with observed marital distress, with marital-family links differing as a…
When infants grow up in multiperson relationship systems
Despite prompts from the field of family therapy since its inception, contemporary infant mental health theory and practice remain firmly rooted in and guided by dyadic‐based models. Over the past 10 years, a groundswell of new empirical studies of triadic and family group dynamics during infancy have substantiated that which family theory has contended for decades: looking beyond mother‐infant or father‐infant dyads reveals a myriad of criticall…
Patterns of Personal and Social Adjustment among Sport-Involved and Noninvolved Urban Middle-School Children
This article examines patterns of adjustment among urban middle-school children as a function of involvement in organized team sports. Four hundred twenty-three seventh-grade students (216 boys and 207 girls) reported on their involvement in sport, self-esteem, delinquent activity, and drug use during the year preceding the survey. Physical Education teachers rated social competence, shyness/withdrawal, and disinhibition/aggression. Compared with…
A Qualitative Analysis of Vietnamese Adolescent Identity Exploration Within and Outside an Ethnic Enclave
Observed Coparenting and Triadic Dynamics in African American Fragile Families at 3 Months’ Postpartum
This report examines coparenting and triadic interactions in 19 unmarried, first‐time African American families as fathers, mothers, and 3‐month‐old infants navigated the Lausanne Trilogue Play (LTP; E. Fivaz‐Depeursinge & A. Corboz‐Warnery, ). Parents in 10 of the 19 families reported coresidence at the time of the 3‐month assessment, and the other 9 sets of coparents lived apart. All participating families had taken part in a prenatal intervent…
Sharing the Love
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study to consider whether attachment security in mothers and fathers promotes more successful early coparenting adjustment, to assess the role of marital quality in amplifying or diminishing any such effects, and to examine interactive effects of maternal and paternal attachment status on coparenting. DESIGN: Eighty-five couples transitioning to new parenthood completed Main and Goldwyn's Adult Attachment Interview …
Violated wishes about division of childcare labor predict early coparenting process during stressful and nonstressful family evaluations
Prior research has indicated that expectant parents overestimate the extent to which fathers will take part in the “work” of parenting, with mothers often becoming disenchanted when these expectations are violated following the baby's arrival. In this study, we examine the role of violated wishes concerning childcare involvement in accounting for variability in maternal and paternal marital satisfaction, and in early coparenting behavior as asses…
Randomized controlled trial of a prenatal focused coparenting consultation for unmarried black fathers and mothers
In the infant mental health field, scant conceptual attention has been given to coparenting and family adaptations of non‐white family systems, with no evidence‐based, community‐informed coparenting interventions responsive to unmarried Black mothers’ and fathers’ life circumstances. This study examined 1‐year post‐partum child and family outcomes of a novel, modest dosage (six sessions) prenatal focused coparenting consultation (FCC) using rando…
Starting the Conversation
The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify recurring themes about impending coparenthood common among prenatal dyadic conversations shared between unmarried parents. Forty Black mothers and fathers expecting a first baby together met with a male-female mentor team for facilitated dialogues six times during the pregnancy, with sessions audiotaped and transcribed. Guided by basic elements of grounded theory, coders identified five cross-…
Coparenting and triadic interactions during infancy
The interaction patterns of 47 intact couples at play with infant sons and daughters were examined. Play in the triad was characterized along dimensions of hostility-competitiveness, family harmony, and parenting discrepancy, and correlates of these 3 patterns were investigated. Though family patterns were generally not related to self-reported distress, they were associated with observed marital distress, with marital-family links differing as a…
Coparenting in a family context
A look at how far the study of the whole family has advanced and how far it yet has to go
Overt and Covert Coparenting Processes in the Family
This article introduces a new self‐report instrument designed to measure the frequency of parental behaviors thought to promote or undermine children's sense of family. Members of 103 married couples rated their behavior in both public (all family members present) and private (alone with child) contexts. Factor analyses of these data revealed four distinct factors indexing: behaviors in the service of promoting a sense of Family Integrity ; large…
Growing Points for Coparenting Theory and Research
Patterns of Personal and Social Adjustment among Sport-Involved and Noninvolved Urban Middle-School Children
This article examines patterns of adjustment among urban middle-school children as a function of involvement in organized team sports. Four hundred twenty-three seventh-grade students (216 boys and 207 girls) reported on their involvement in sport, self-esteem, delinquent activity, and drug use during the year preceding the survey. Physical Education teachers rated social competence, shyness/withdrawal, and disinhibition/aggression. Compared with…
When infants grow up in multiperson relationship systems
Despite prompts from the field of family therapy since its inception, contemporary infant mental health theory and practice remain firmly rooted in and guided by dyadic‐based models. Over the past 10 years, a groundswell of new empirical studies of triadic and family group dynamics during infancy have substantiated that which family theory has contended for decades: looking beyond mother‐infant or father‐infant dyads reveals a myriad of criticall…
Violated wishes about division of childcare labor predict early coparenting process during stressful and nonstressful family evaluations
Prior research has indicated that expectant parents overestimate the extent to which fathers will take part in the “work” of parenting, with mothers often becoming disenchanted when these expectations are violated following the baby's arrival. In this study, we examine the role of violated wishes concerning childcare involvement in accounting for variability in maternal and paternal marital satisfaction, and in early coparenting behavior as asses…
A Qualitative Analysis of Vietnamese Adolescent Identity Exploration Within and Outside an Ethnic Enclave
Sharing the Love
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study to consider whether attachment security in mothers and fathers promotes more successful early coparenting adjustment, to assess the role of marital quality in amplifying or diminishing any such effects, and to examine interactive effects of maternal and paternal attachment status on coparenting. DESIGN: Eighty-five couples transitioning to new parenthood completed Main and Goldwyn's Adult Attachment Interview …
Coparenting
Excerpt:\n\n“...The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of the myriad of family forms in which coparenting systems develop and flourish, and the importance of these systems in the lives of children...” (p.16)
Observed Coparenting and Triadic Dynamics in African American Fragile Families at 3 Months’ Postpartum
This report examines coparenting and triadic interactions in 19 unmarried, first‐time African American families as fathers, mothers, and 3‐month‐old infants navigated the Lausanne Trilogue Play (LTP; E. Fivaz‐Depeursinge & A. Corboz‐Warnery, ). Parents in 10 of the 19 families reported coresidence at the time of the 3‐month assessment, and the other 9 sets of coparents lived apart. All participating families had taken part in a prenatal intervent…
How the Assumption of a Coparenting Frame Will Transform Social Work Practice with Men and Fathers
Journal Article How the Assumption of a Coparenting Frame Will Transform Social Work Practice with Men and Fathers Get access James P McHale, James P McHale Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Lisa S Negrini Lisa S Negrini Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Work Research, Volume 42, Issue 1, March 2018, Pages 9–21, https://doi.org/10.1093/swr/svx024 Published: 29 De…
Perspectives of Mothers, Fathers, and Parenting Coordinators Concerning the Process and Impact of Parenting Coordination
In a small pilot study, 31 interviewees, including 12 parenting coordinators, 11 mothers, and 8 fathers representing 14 different parenting coordination cases retrospectively described child and family functioning both pre‐ and post‐parenting coordination in phone interviews. They also detailed how often and how well different issues that arose during the parenting coordination work (acrimony, problem‐solving communication, triangulation of the c…
Building and Enhancing Efficacious Coparenting in Parenting Coordination
Parenting coordination is a dispute resolution process to assist the subset of separating/divorcing parents who remain entrenched in high conflict coparenting post‐separation/divorce. Based on factors known to impact positive child outcomes, its goals include assisting parents to protect children from their conflict and implementing a framework that will assist the child to have a good relationship with both parents. Despite significant efforts, …
Starting the Conversation
The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify recurring themes about impending coparenthood common among prenatal dyadic conversations shared between unmarried parents. Forty Black mothers and fathers expecting a first baby together met with a male-female mentor team for facilitated dialogues six times during the pregnancy, with sessions audiotaped and transcribed. Guided by basic elements of grounded theory, coders identified five cross-…
Randomized controlled trial of a prenatal focused coparenting consultation for unmarried black fathers and mothers
In the infant mental health field, scant conceptual attention has been given to coparenting and family adaptations of non‐white family systems, with no evidence‐based, community‐informed coparenting interventions responsive to unmarried Black mothers’ and fathers’ life circumstances. This study examined 1‐year post‐partum child and family outcomes of a novel, modest dosage (six sessions) prenatal focused coparenting consultation (FCC) using rando…
Framing the work
When working with families of infants and toddlers, intentionally looking beyond dyadic child‐parent relationship functioning to conceptualize the child's socioemotional adaptation within their broader family collective can enhance the likelihood that clinical gains will be supported and sustained. However, there has been little expert guidance regarding how best to frame infant‐family mental health therapeutic encounters for the adults responsib…
The Use of Child-Centered Ecomaps to Describe Engagement, Teamwork, Conflict and Child Focus in Coparenting Networks
When young children come to the attention of helping professionals because they are experiencing significant behavioral or emotional challenges, effective solutions frequently involve establishing whether there are strains or ruptures in the child’s coparenting network impeding functional communication about the child. Coparenting refers to the shared—and ideally, mutual—parenting efforts of adults working together to socialize, care for, and rai…
Enhancing coparenting using video feedback
Emotion regulation among African American infants and their coparents in the context of triangular interactions at 12 months post‐partum
Emotion regulation (ER) during infancy is largely interpersonal, with dyadic studies of mutual regulation revealing how interactions are co‐constructed moment by moment. However infant ER in triadic (father‐mother‐infant) context, the most common context for infant‐father engagement during the first year, has rarely been considered. This report presents a new observational system, measuring infant triangular emotion regulation (MITER), for assess…
Coparenting (17 works) · Developmental psychology (17 works) · Psychology (17 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (14 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (8 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (6 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (6 works) · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works)