Predictors of supportive coparenting after relationship dissolution among at-risk parents.

ABSTRACT: Supportive coparenting after relationship dissolution is associated with increased father involvement which can buffer against the negative effects of parental relationship dissolution. Low-income, at-risk families are much more likely to experience relationship dissolutions; hence, supportive coparenting after dissolution is particularly important in these families. We examined whether relationship (commitment and quality) and child (difficult temperament and gender) characteristics predicted initial levels of, and change in, supportive coparenting after relationship dissolution in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 1,603). We used structural equation modeling of latent growth curves to examine four time points collected at the focal child's birth and first, third, and fi

SUBMITTER: Kamp Dush CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3148851 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature