Coparenting Mediates the Association Between Relationship Quality and Father Involvement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2329092 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Colleen M Vargas, Colleen M Varga (The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA, corresponding author), Christina B Gee (0000-0002-3040-9195, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA), Lyzaida Rivera (The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA), Claudia X Reyes (The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 588-609 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Youth & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0044-118X • E-ISSN: 1552-8499 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0044118x14548529 |
| OpenAlex | W2312733606 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 45 |
The study of adolescent childbearing is a major public policy concern, and father involvement is a particular focus. Previous research with married couples has found that coparenting may be a better predictor of father involvement than relationship quality. The current study examined 94 primiparous African American and Latino parents to determine whether coparenting expectations during pregnancy better predict concurrent father involvement secondary to a mediation effect. Results were mixed; simple mediation was supported, but structural equation modeling (SEM) results suggested a better fitting model for mothers than for fathers. For mothers, relationship quality predicted coparenting. For fathers, relationship quality and coparenting predicted father involvement, but relationship quality did not predict coparenting. This examination suggests that both relationship quality and coparenting are important for father involvement in unmarried adolescents but to differing degrees for mothers and fathers. Pregnancy may be an important potential intervention point for increasing subsequent father involvement
Association (psychology) · Coparenting · Developmental psychology · Intervention (counseling) · Mediation · Psychiatry · Quality (philosophy) · Structural equation modeling · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Clinical Psychology · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology
The Role of Financial Hardship and Relational Quality on Father Involvement Among Unmarried Couples
Economic Stress Among Low Income Latino Adolescent Fathers
Dual trajectories of supportive coparenting and father involvement
Active Husband Involvement During Pregnancy
Cooperative coparenting and the associations with adolescent behavioral problems and delinquency in unmarried families
It isn't because they don't love their children”
Foster father identity
Staying Connected
Fathering Children Aged from 2 to 10
Cooperative, Compromising, Conflictual, and Uninvolved Coparenting Among Teenaged Parents
Attachment as an Organizational Framework for Research on Close Relationships
Development of a parenting alliance inventory
Coparenting
Coparenting and the Transition to Parenthood
Stability and change in paternal involvement among urban African American fathers.
Changes in relationship satisfaction across the transition to parenthood
Maternal gatekeeping, coparenting quality, and fathering behavior in families with infants.
Coming to Terms with Coparenting
Asymptotic and resampling strategies for assessing and comparing indirect effects in multiple mediator models
Mediation Analysis
Sharing the Love
Fragile Families
The development of the coparenting relationship over the transition to parenthood
Expectant adolescent couples' relations and subsequent parenting behavior
Prebirth predictors of coparenting experiences in early infancy
Father Involvement with Their Nonmarital Children
Child gender and father involvement in fragile families
The living arrangements of new unmarried mothers
Coparenting and nonresident fathers’ involvement with young children after a nonmarital birth
Adolescent and Young Adult Mothers’ Relationship Quality During the Transition to Parenthood
Strengthening Unmarried Families
Hard times and hurtful partners
The Internal Structure and Ecological Context of Coparenting
Promoting Fathers' Engagement With Children
Partnership Instability and Child Well-Being
Resident Fathers' Pregnancy Intentions, Prenatal Behaviors, and Links to Involvement With Infants
Parental Beliefs About Nonresident Fathers' Obligations and Rights
The Importance of the Coparental Relationship for Nonresident Fathers' Ties to Children
| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 1,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |