Coparenting and Mental Health in Families with Jailed Parents

Tadros, Eman; Fanning, Kerrie A.; Jensen, Sarah; Poehlmann, Julie

doi:10.3390/ijerph18168705

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“…The aforementioned is congruent with not perpetuating attachment injuries into the next generation. Prior research has documented that incarceration can be a form of dysfunction that can be detrimental to familial relationships [51–54, 82]. Previous research indicated justice‐involved couples and correlations with increased infidelity, lower relationship quality, and lower marriage rates [13, 19, 20].…”

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Romantic attachment, childhood stability, depression, and PTSD in couples with an incarcerated partner

Tadros

Ansell

2022

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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Incarceration has a multitude of effects on prisoners’ finances, health, education, employment, and family relationships. Incarceration complicates the maintenance of attachment bonds between romantic partners. Data from the Multi‐site Family Study on Incarceration, Parenting, and Partnering were analyzed to examine the effects of childhood stability on adult romantic attachment while controlling for the effects of PTSD and depression within the carceral population. Findings indicate that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression have statistically significant effects on adult romantic attachment. PTSD on romantic attachment for men is statistically significant (p < 0.05) at −0.193 with an overall standardized effect of −0.086. For women, the effect is statistically significant (p < 0.01) at −0.235 with an overall standardized effect of −0.1. Effects of depression on romantic attachment for men is statistically significant (p < 0.001) −0.129 with an overall standardized effect of −0.229. For women, depression is also statistically significant (p < 0.001) at −0.153 with a standardized effect of −0.265. We examined the effects of childhood stability on adult romantic attachment while controlling for the effects of PTSD and depression within the carceral population. Findings supported our hypothesis that individuals with better childhood stability will experience better romantic attachments. Findings related to our hypothesis that having a partner with better childhood stability is positively associated with better romantic attachment produced mixed results. Clinical implications are discussed, and future directions call for research, practice, and training to improve outcomes for justice‐involved romantic partners, their attachment, and consideration of covariates of depression and PTSD.

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Romantic attachment, childhood stability, depression, and PTSD in couples with an incarcerated partner

Tadros

Ansell

2022

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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“…The most noteworthy implication inherent in our findings is related to the mental health of the non-incarcerated, primary caregiver at home. An abundance of research has demonstrated that the caregivers remaining at home, most often biological mothers in the context of paternal incarceration, experience elevated mental health symptoms [ 84 ] and overall increased stress. Indeed, prior research has identified a direct association between caregiver anxiety, depression, and poor youth outcomes during PI [ 84 , 85 ].…”

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“…An abundance of research has demonstrated that the caregivers remaining at home, most often biological mothers in the context of paternal incarceration, experience elevated mental health symptoms [ 84 ] and overall increased stress. Indeed, prior research has identified a direct association between caregiver anxiety, depression, and poor youth outcomes during PI [ 84 , 85 ]. Our study adds to this literature and, to the best of our knowledge, is the first to demonstrate that stable caregiver mental health strongly mediates how youth with an imprisoned father fare in school.…”

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“…Nevertheless, specific interventions for caregivers of youth with an incarcerated parent have yet to be extensively researched and implemented. We join other PI scholars [ 84 ] in recommending that future research and practice focus on identifying, developing, and testing intervention strategies that support primary caregivers of youth impacted by PI, and particularly focus on mental health and parenting to promote positive family adjustment scenarios.…”

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Against the Odds: A Structural Equation Analysis of Family Resilience Processes during Paternal Incarceration

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Arditti

Dennison

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On any given day, approximately 2.1 million children in Europe have an incarcerated parent. Although research indicates that material hardship is associated with parental incarceration, and particularly paternal incarceration, little is known about family processes that may mitigate the harmful effects of such hardship on children with an incarcerated parent. Guided by a resilience framework, this study examined how family processes mediate the effects of material hardship on youth academic adjustment within the context of paternal incarceration. Using Danish data that assessed key family constructs, structural equation modeling was used to perform a mediational within-group analysis of primary caregivers (n = 727) to children with an incarcerated father. Results indicate that although social support and parenting skills did not yield mediating effects, caregiver mental health strongly mediated the effects of material hardship on youth academic adjustment during paternal incarceration. Findings suggest that economic conditions, as well as caregiver mental health symptoms, are important areas of intervention that may promote family-level resilience for youth of an imprisoned father. We conclude with research and practice recommendations to advance our understanding of resilience among families with an incarcerated parent.

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“…Coparenting can provide protective health factors, such as increasing the positive mood of children and increasing positive interactions among parenting alliances and improving children life outcomes (Loper et al, 2014; Tadros & Durante, 2021; Tadros, Durante, et al, 2021; Tadros, Fanning, et al, 2021). Conversely, a strained coparenting relationship during incarceration can bring about health risk factors such as increased stress due to family conflicts that arise from feelings of shame and anger or shared financial and intimacy burdens.…”

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Mental health, perceived consensus of coparenting, and physical health among incarcerated fathers and their nonincarcerated, romantic partners.

Tadros¹,

Durante²,

McKay³

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Families, Systems, & Health

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Incarcerated fathers and their coparenting partners experience serious challenges to their health and well-being. Romantic involvement and coparenting suggests that mental health and consensus of coparenting may predict the physical health of not only the individual, but also their partner. Data from the Multi-site Family Study on Incarceration, Parenting and Partnering was used to examine 483 romantically involved coparents. Actor-Partner Interdependence Modeling showed a significant link between mental and physical health for each dyad member as well as a significant link between perceived consensus of coparenting from men to women, indicating that women whose partners reported a higher perceived consensus of coparenting also reported better physical health.

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Coparenting and Mental Health in Families with Jailed Parents

Cited by 20 publications

References 54 publications

Romantic attachment, childhood stability, depression, and PTSD in couples with an incarcerated partner

Romantic attachment, childhood stability, depression, and PTSD in couples with an incarcerated partner

Against the Odds: A Structural Equation Analysis of Family Resilience Processes during Paternal Incarceration

Mental health, perceived consensus of coparenting, and physical health among incarcerated fathers and their nonincarcerated, romantic partners.

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