Natasha Cabrera|Jacqueline D. Shannon|Jaslean J. La Taillade
Predictors of coparenting in Mexican American families and links to parenting and child social emotional development
University of Maryland, College Park|Brooklyn College|University of Maryland, College Park
abstract present study examined associations parents levels acculturation depressive symptoms family support couple relationship quality coparenting conflict also explored effects coparenting conflict parenting infant social development sample lowincome mexican american n 735 infants age 9 months parents results indicated couple conflict strongest predictor coparenting conflict coparenting conflict significant effect motherinfant interaction father engagement effects coparenting father caregiving varied fathers level acculturation high coparenting conflict acculturated fathers engaged caregiving less acculturated fathers coparenting conflict predictive infant social development