Family-Level Coparenting Processes and Child Gender as Moderators of Family Stress and Toddler Adjustment

Autor/inn/en	Kolak, Amy M.; Vernon-Feagans, Lynne
Titel	Family-Level Coparenting Processes and Child Gender as Moderators of Family Stress and Toddler Adjustment
Quelle	In: Infant and Child Development, 17 (2008) 6, S.617-638 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1522-7227
DOI	10.1002/icd.577
Schlagwörter	Toddlers; Questionnaires; Social Adjustment; Emotional Adjustment; Parenting Styles; Child Rearing; Gender Differences; Stress Variables; Family Environment; Adjustment (to Environment); Mothers; Fathers; Parent Role; Family Relationship; Affective Behavior; Behavior Problems; Cooperation; Parent Child Relationship; Family Work Relationship; Verbal Communication; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Fragebogen; Soziale Anpassung; Emotionale Anpassung; Kindererziehung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Familienmilieu; Mother; Mutter; Parental role; Elternrolle; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Co-operation; Kooperation; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung
Abstract	The goal of this multi-method study was to examine how child gender and coparenting processes influence associations between family stress and toddlers' social adjustment. The participants, 104 dual-earner couples and their 2-year-old children, were videotaped in their home during a freeplay activity. Mothers and fathers completed questionnaires about stress in their roles as partners, workers, and parents and their child's social-emotional adjustment. Consistent with previous research, higher levels of family stress were associated with poorer adjustment for children. Family harmony, represented by warmth and cooperation, was significantly associated with fewer internalizing problems for children even when family stress was considered. Conversely, coparental banter or "playful humour" between parents moderated the nature of the association between family stress and children's adjustment. Banter between parents was especially protective for girls suggesting that, even in families with toddler-aged children, gender plays an important role in family-level coparenting processes. Future research needs to consider more fully the impact that child characteristics, such as gender, have on the interplay between the family context and children's development. (Contains 6 tables, 3 figures, and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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