Marital Violence, Co-Parenting, and Family-Level Processes in Relation to Children's Adjustment.

Abstract

A multimethod approach was used to examine relations between marital violence, coparenting, and family-level processes and children's adjustment in a community-based sample of marital violence. Two hypotheses were tested, one in which family-level and co-parenting processes mediate relations between marital violence and child functioning and one in which marital violence and family-level/co-parenting processes function relatively independently in influencing children's adjustment. Observations of family processes were made within a triadic parent-child interaction, and several dimensions of children's socioemotional adjustment (i.e., peer relations, behavior problems) were examined. Results indicated that hostile-withdrawn co-parenting mediated the relations between marital violence and children's anxiety and depression. Marital violence, co-parenting, and family-level processes also functioned independently in predicting child outcome. Findings are discussed in terms of the family dynamics present in maritally violent homes.

Parenting, coparenting, and effortful control in preschoolers.

“…This is an important realization for the field of research on family processes in relation to children's effortful control. Associations between coparenting and children's adjustment have been found in previous studies (Katz & Low, 2004;McHale & Rasmussen, 1998;Schoppe et al, 2001). Few studies, however, have examined relations between coparenting and temperamental factors that are assumed to underlie this adjustment (Belsky et al, 1996;McHale et al, 1996;Stright & Bales, 2003), and even fewer studies have examined these relations after accounting for individual parenting (Belsky et al, 1996;McHale et al, 1996).…”

“…Coparenting includes supportive and hostile-competitive dimensions, as well as discrepancies between partners in parent-child warmth and investment (McHale, 1997;Schoppe, Mangelsdorf, & Frosch, 2001). High levels of undermining coparenting (e.g., hostility-competitiveness, child-rearing disagreements) and low levels of supportive coparenting (e.g., family harmony) have been found to be associated with behavioral problems and peer relationships in preschoolers (Katz & Low, 2004;McHale & Rasmussen, 1998;Schoppe et al, 2001).…”

Consistencia interparental y su relación con la agresión y la sintomatología depresiva en niños y adolescentes

“…Sexo (1 «varón»; 0 «mujer»); I = Inconsistencia (1 «inconsistencia», 0 «consistencia»). β= coeficientes estandarizados consistencia interparental y la aparición tanto de manifestaciones interiorizadas, tales como la ansiedad y la depresión (Buchanan et al, 1996;Katz y Low, 2004) como exteriorizadas, tales como la agresión (Block et al, 1981;McHale y Rasmussen, 1998;Vaugh et al, 1988), dan apoyo a los presentes resultados. Particularmente, la inconsistencia en el control parental se ha asociado reiteradamente con las manifestaciones exteriorizadas en los hijos (Pettit y Laird, 2002;Pettit, Laird, Dodge, Bates, y Criss, 2001).…”

Sibling Relationship Quality: Associations With Marital and Coparenting Subsystems

“…In a study involving families with preschoolage children, Katz and Low (2004) found that marital conflict and violence were associated with less supportive and less positive parenting behaviors. also found an association between marital dysfunction and hostile parenting behavior.…”