Longitudinal associations between father- and mother-child interactions, coparenting, and child cardiometabolic health.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to examine the longitudinal connections between early observed parenting and coparenting relationship quality and children's later cardiometabolic health outcomes.

Method

Structural equation modeling was used to examine (a) the associations between fathers' and mothers' sensitive engagement with their children and competitive-withdrawn coparenting during infancy (10 months) and toddlerhood (24 months); (b) the extent to which these parenting and coparenting factors predicted four markers of children's cardiometabolic health in middle childhood (∼7 years); and (c) indirect pathways from parenting and coparenting at 10 months to cardiometabolic markers (C-reactive protein [CRP], interleukin-6, total cholesterol, and glycated hemoglobin [HbA1c]) at 7

SUBMITTER: Aytuglu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12671923 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature