Parental warmth and parent-child conflict among U.S. Latinx families in middle childhood.

ABSTRACT: Grounded in family systems theory and using latent profile analysis, the present study examined (a) patterns of parent-child warmth and parent-child conflict within multiple dyads (mother-older child, mother-younger child, father-older child, father-younger child) among 305 U.S. Latinx families with fifth graders (M_age = 10.6; 46.6% female) and younger siblings (M_age = 8.20; 47.2% female) and (b) tested links of profile membership with child academic competence, negative peer relationships, and depressive symptoms. Two profiles were characterized by differential maternal and paternal warmth toward older versus younger siblings, with one of the profiles characterized by higher levels of conflict than the other, and a third profile included families where

SUBMITTER: Son D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11896277 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature