Economic Stress Among Low Income Latino Adolescent Fathers: An Application of the Vulnerability-Stress-Adaptation Model

Cedeño, Diana; Bermea, Autumn M.; Rueda, Heidi Adams; Toews, Michelle L.

doi:10.1007/s10560-021-00761-0

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“…These two theories, along with our strengths-based extension (e.g., support available to each partner), reinforce the importance of (a) applying a dyadic perspective to the study of couple relationship quality, as well as (b) focusing on adaptive relationship processes and personal resources as potential predictors of relationship quality, given the enduring vulnerabilities faced by low-income couples (Moore & Henderson, 2018), and the stressful life event of a new baby (Cedeño et al, 2021).…”

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“…More specifically, partners in a relationship exert mutual and direct influence on each other (Wickham & Knee, 2012). Given the enduring vulnerabilities faced by couples from LIEM backgrounds (Moore & Henderson, 2018), coupled with the stressful life event of welcoming a new baby (Cedeño et al, 2021), the present study took a dyadic approach to exploring the associations of adaptive processes (i.e., coparenting alliance and conflict) and personal resources (i.e., instrumental and emotional support) on men’s and women’s relationship functioning.…”

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“…First, enduring vulnerabilities influence how individuals interpret and respond to relationship experiences (Neff & Karney, 2009). These vulnerabilities (e.g., economic conditions; Cedeño, Bermea, Rueda, & Toews, 2021) are often steady and stable throughout the relationship and may exert chronic influences on individuals’ ability to process relationship information in an adaptive manner (Neff & Karney, 2007). Second, the VSA model suggests that stressful life events encountered by couples (e.g., expecting or recently giving birth to a child) may also affect the adaptive processing of relationship information (Neff & Karney, 2009).…”

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Coparenting, Couple Conflict, Social Support, and Relationship Quality: A Dyadic Exploration of Couples From LIEM Backgrounds

Reimnitz

Stolz

Renegar

et al. 2023

Journal of Family Issues

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Economically marginalized families may face enduring vulnerabilities that make adaptive relational processes leading to healthy, long-term relationships more difficult. Informed by the vulnerability-stress-adaptation framework, we utilized an actor-partner interdependence model and dyadic data from a sample of 199 low-income couples who were expecting or had recently given birth to investigate the association of two adaptive processes (couple conflict and coparenting alliance) and two personal resources (instrumental and emotional support) with their relationship quality. Results indicated significant actor effects of men’s and women’s coparenting alliance and men’s instrumental support on their own reports of relationship quality. Additionally, results indicated three significant conjoint actor-partner effects—couple conflict and couple emotional support on women’s relationship quality and couple conflict on men’s relationship quality. These findings contribute to the literature on the transition to parenthood and extend the literature examining dyadic relational processes in families from low-income and economically marginalized backgrounds.

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Coparenting, Couple Conflict, Social Support, and Relationship Quality: A Dyadic Exploration of Couples From LIEM Backgrounds

Reimnitz

Stolz

Renegar

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Journal of Family Issues

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“…Adolescent parents typically cite a mother figure (henceforth referenced as grandmothers) as their primary source of support (Cedeño et al, 2021; Gee & Rhodes, 2003; Oberlander et al, 2007; Perez-Brena et al, 2021), and grandmothers are also likely to serve as coparents sharing childrearing roles with their adolescent (Pittman & Coley, 2011). In their roles as coparents, grandmothers help make important decisions about their grandchild(ren) and provide childcare to help their adolescent accomplish educational and job responsibilities (Cedeño et al, 2021). They also provide financial support, like purchasing items and providing stable housing for their adolescent and grandchild(ren).…”

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Mother-father and parent-grandmother coparenting conflict and caregiver involvement in adolescent parent families

Zambrano,

Perez-Brena,

Duncan

et al. 2023

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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Family systems theory recognizes the complex interconnected subsystems within families, yet little is known about how multigenerational coparenting affects coparenting and caregiving outcomes within adolescent parent families. The current study estimated auto-regressive cross-lag models to evaluate the interrelation between mother-father and parent-grandparent coparenting subsystems and caregiver involvement using reports of coparenting conflict and caregiver involvement from 280 adolescent parents ( Mage = 17.02, SD = 1.42; 83.6% Latine; 69.6% women) at two time-points, collected nine-months apart. Results showed stability in coparenting conflict and caregiver involvement among mother-father and parent-grandparent dyads and one intergenerational cross-lag effect. Grandmother involvement at time 1 (T1) was negatively linked to parent-grandparent coparenting conflict at time 2 (T2). Gender differences also emerged, such that (1) father’s report of mother involvement at T1 was positively associated with mother-father coparenting conflict at T2; (2) father’s report of mother involvement at T1 was negatively associated with father’s report of grandmother involvement at T2; and (3) father’s report of parent-grandparent coparenting conflict at T1 was negatively associated with father’s report of mother involvement at T2. Findings underscore connections between intergenerational coparenting subsystems and suggest gender differences in sensitivity, malleability, and the influence of the coparenting dyad on coparenting conflict and caregiver involvement. Further research on adolescent coparenting and caregiving dynamics across coparenting subsystems is needed to strengthen interventions aimed at serving young mothers and fathers.

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“…Despite our understanding that adolescents must navigate multiple relationships, there is limited research aimed at understanding the multilayered experience of adolescent parents' intersecting identities (self and socially prescribed roles and categories) as they navigate diverse social roles (e.g., romantic partner, parent, daughter) in relation to other social categorizations (e.g., gender, age, ethnicity/race). The little work that exists has shown how ethnic/racial identity and parent status inform adolescent fathers' adjustment (Cedeño et al, 2021), and how youth face stigma from school staff and peers due to their parenting status (Bermea et al, 2018). This limited research showcases the way these intersecting social identities inform the opportunities and resources allocated to adolescent parents that ultimately inform their future success; however, few studies have aimed to assess how multiple salient identities inform one another and, in particular, how age is an important social positioning factor that informs the assumptions, constraints, and experiences of adolescent parents.…”

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Adolescent Parents’ Intersecting Identities and Experiences: A Qualitative Examination of Adolescents’, Grandparents’, and School Staff’s Perspectives

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This study aimed to identify the multiple and intersecting identities adolescent parents manage, and the social supports and constraints that inform their adjustment. Adolescents (n = 13; 70% cisgender women; 100% Latinx; Mage = 19.37, SD = 0.92) who became parents between the ages of 14–18, their parents (n = 17; 82% cisgender women; 94% Latinx), and school staff (n = 7; 100% cisgender women; 71% White) provided triangulating information on adolescent parents’ experiences. Using focus group methodology and Qual-to-Qual coding techniques, we found that adolescents inhabit intersecting social identities based on their parenting status, adolescence/youth, student role, child/family role, and gender. These intersecting social identities informed the social and developmental contexts that adolescents navigated, which were experienced as promotive or inhibiting environments. Adolescents described the demands to be engaged in multigenerational familial contexts (e.g., large coparenting teams, power differentials between adolescents and their parents), their exposure to stereotypes, assumptions, and discrimination based on their intersecting identities, and the high social demands/resources imposed on them by family and school supports. These experiences led to contextualized outcomes, such as an increase in growth and maturity. The participants often described their experiences as both stressors and sources of support; therefore, we discuss the duality of these experiences and the implications for future interventions.

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Economic Stress Among Low Income Latino Adolescent Fathers: An Application of the Vulnerability-Stress-Adaptation Model

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References 57 publications

Coparenting, Couple Conflict, Social Support, and Relationship Quality: A Dyadic Exploration of Couples From LIEM Backgrounds

Coparenting, Couple Conflict, Social Support, and Relationship Quality: A Dyadic Exploration of Couples From LIEM Backgrounds

Mother-father and parent-grandmother coparenting conflict and caregiver involvement in adolescent parent families

Adolescent Parents’ Intersecting Identities and Experiences: A Qualitative Examination of Adolescents’, Grandparents’, and School Staff’s Perspectives

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